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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2024-22273 json

The storage controllers on VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion have out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability.

published 2024-05-21 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-19836

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 5%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The storage controllers on VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion have out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine with storage controllers enabled may exploit this issue to create a denial of service condition or execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine in conjunction with other issues.

Patch / fix

  • n/a VMware ESXi ESXi70U3sq-23794019, ESXi80U2sb-23305545
  • n/a VMware Workstation 17.5.1
  • n/a VMware Fusion 13.5.1
  • n/a VMware Cloud Foundation (ESXi) 5.1.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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 (ESXi)
  • vmware fusion
  • vmware workstation
  • vmware cloud_foundation
  • vmware esxi

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.