CVE-2023-34044

Information disclosure vulnerability in bluetooth device-sharing functionality

MEDIUM
6
CVSS Score
Published: October 20, 2023 at 08:56 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:02 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationFusion· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
MEDIUM6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

VMware Workstation( 17.x prior to 17.5) and Fusion(13.x prior to 13.5) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that exists in the functionality for sharing host Bluetooth devices with the virtual machine. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may be able to read privileged information contained in hypervisor memory from a virtual machine.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.513.x ≤ v < 13.513.x
Affected range stops below 13.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
apple-macos (environment)
17.0.0 ≤ v < 17.517.x ≤ v < 17.517.x
Affected range stops below 17.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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