CVE-2024-22252 Use-after-free vulnerability
A local attacker with admin privileges in a VM can exploit a use-after-free in the XHCI USB controller to execute code on the host or VMX process.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-22252?
CVE-2024-22252 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, published on 5 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host. On ESXi, the exploitation is contained within the VMX sandbox whereas, on Workstation and Fusion, this may lead to code execution on the machine where Workstation or Fusion is installed.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22252?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Vmware Esxi, Vmware Fusion, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2024-22252?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22252 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2024-22252 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22252 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esxi
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4xp8-3mc6-r83c.