CVE-2024-22255

CVSS 3.1 Score 7.1 of 10 (high)

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Published Mar 5, 2024

Summary

CVE-2024-22255 is an information disclosure vulnerability found in VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. This vulnerability is related to the UHCI USB controller and allows a malicious actor with administrative access to a virtual machine to exploit it and leak memory from the vmx process. The risk score for this vulnerability is 40, indicating a high severity. The base severity score is 7.1, with a confidentiality impact of HIGH. The exploitability score is 2.5, with an attack vector of LOCAL and no privileges required. To mitigate this vulnerability, users should update their VMware products to the latest version provided by the vendor.

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