CVE-2024-22267 Use after free in VMware Fusion
A local attacker with admin privileges in a guest VM can exploit a use-after-free flaw to execute code on the host system.
- 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-2024-22267?
CVE-2024-22267 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Vmware Fusion, published on 14 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the vbluetooth device. 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.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22267?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Vmware Fusion, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2024-22267?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22267 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-2024-22267 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22267 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Fusion
- CVE-2020-3950 VMware Multiple Products Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2017-4901 Memory corruption in Fusion Pro / Fusion
- CVE-2019-5541 Memory corruption in Workstation and Fusion
- CVE-2024-38811 Code-execution vulnerability
- CVE-2023-20872 Memory corruption in VMware Workstation Pro / Player (Workstation) and VMware Fusion
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mcxh-3pw2-4rmg.