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CVE-2024-22255

Information disclosure vulnerability

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: March 5, 2024 at 05:58 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:11 AM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationCloud FoundationESXi· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with administrative access to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to leak memory from the vmx process.

Affected

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

Cloud Foundation· VMware
95%
4.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.04.x5.x
ESXi· VMware
95%
7.0 ≤ v < ESXi70U3p-233071998.0 ≤ v < ESXi80U1d-232999978.0 ≤ v < ESXi80U2sb-233055457.07.0 update_17.0 update_1a7.0 update_1b7.0 update_1c7.0 update_1d7.0 update_1e7.0 update_27.0 update_2a7.0 update_2c7.0 update_2d7.0 update_2e7.0 update_37.0 update_3c7.0 update_3d7.0 update_3e7.0 update_3f7.0 update_3g7.0 update_3i7.0 update_3j7.0 update_3k7.0 update_3l7.0 update_3m7.0 update_3n7.0 update_3o7.0.0 b8.08.0 a8.0 b8.0 c8.0 update_18.0 update_1a8.0 update_1c8.0 update_2
Affected range stops below ESXi70U3p-23307199, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below ESXi80U1d-23299997, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below ESXi80U2sb-23305545, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Fusion· VMware
95%
13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.5.113.x ≤ v < 13.5.113.x
Affected range stops below 13.5.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
apple-macos (environment)
Workstation· VMware
95%
17.0.0 ≤ v < 17.5.117.x ≤ v < 17.5.117.x
Affected range stops below 17.5.1, 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:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2024-0006.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.1HIGHvmware
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-770

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