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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2024-22253 in the critical feed json

Use-after-free vulnerability

published 2024-03-05 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-19822

cvss
9.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host. On ESXi, the exploitation is contained within the VMX sandbox whereas, on Workstation and Fusion, this may lead to code execution on the machine where Workstation or Fusion is installed.

Patch / fix

  • n/a VMware ESXi ESXi70U3p-23307199, ESXi80U1d-23299997, ESXi80U2sb-23305545
  • n/a VMware Workstation 17.5.1
  • n/a VMware Fusion 13.5.1
  • vmware esxi esxi70U3p-23307199, esxi80U1d-23299997, esxi80U2sb-23305545
  • vmware vmware_workstation 17.5.1
  • vmware fusion 13.5.1
  • vmware cloud_foundation 6.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a VMware ESXi
  • n/a VMware Workstation
  • n/a VMware Fusion
  • n/a VMware Cloud Foundation
  • vmware esxi
  • vmware vmware_workstation
  • vmware fusion
  • vmware cloud_foundation

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.