CVE-2022-31705

HighCVSS 8.2/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the USB 2.0 controller (EHCI). 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.2/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 14, 2022
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2022-31705: High severity, CVSS 8.2 | Vulnix