CVE-2024-22268 (GCVE-0-2024-22268)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-14 12:58 – Updated: 2025-03-27 15:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a heap buffer-overflow vulnerability in the Shader functionality. A malicious actor with non-administrative access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled may be able to exploit this vulnerability to create a denial of service condition.
Severity
7.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-16 17:13 UTC
CWE
- Heap buffer-overflow vulnerability
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | VMware Workstation |
Affected:
17.x , < 17.5.2
(custom)
|
||
| N/A | VMware Fusion |
Affected:
13.x , < 13.5.2
(git)
|
Date Public
2024-05-14 04:45
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