CVE-2023-34044

CVSS 3.1 Score 6.0 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Oct 20, 2023
Updated: Oct 28, 2023
CWE ID 125

Summary

CVE-2023-34044 is a newly discovered vulnerability affecting VMware Workstation versions 17.x before 17.5 and Fusion versions 13.x before 13.5. This issue involves an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the functionality for sharing Bluetooth devices between the host and virtual machine. An attacker with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine can exploit this weakness to read privileged information from the hypervisor memory, posing a significant security risk. VMware strongly advises users to update their software to the latest versions as soon as possible to mitigate this threat.

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Affected Products

  • VMware Workstation
  • VMware Fusion

Affected Vendors

  • VMware Inc.

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