CVE-2024-22273 Memory corruption in VMware Cloud Foundation (ESXi)
A malicious actor with VM access can exploit storage controller flaws to cause denial of service or execute code on the hypervisor.
- 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-2024-22273?
CVE-2024-22273 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 21 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The storage controllers on VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion have out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine with storage controllers enabled may exploit this issue to create a denial of service condition or execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine in conjunction with other issues.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22273?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Vmware Cloud Foundation, Vmware Esxi, Vmware Fusion, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2024-22273?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22273 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-22273 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22273 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Cloud Foundation
- CVE-2024-38812 VMware vCenter Server Heap-Based Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2024-37079 Broadcom VMware vCenter Server Out-of-bounds Write
- CVE-2022-22954 VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager Server-Side Template Injection
- CVE-2021-22005 VMware vCenter Server File Upload
- CVE-2021-21985 VMware vCenter Server Improper Input Validation
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9mq7-wpm3-gv26.