github - ghsa-52m4-99w3-wq27

ghsa-52m4-99w3-wq27

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-12-13 18:30

Modified

2024-04-04 03:13

Severity ?

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

VMware ESXi contains a memory corruption vulnerability that exists in the way it handles a network socket. A malicious actor with local access to ESXi may exploit this issue to corrupt memory leading to an escape of the ESXi sandbox.

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  "id": "GHSA-52m4-99w3-wq27",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T03:13:39Z",
  "published": "2022-12-13T18:30:33Z",
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CVE-2022-31696 (GCVE-0-2022-31696)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2022-12-13 00:00

Modified

2025-04-22 15:51

Severity ?

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Memory corruption vulnerability

Summary

VMware ESXi contains a memory corruption vulnerability that exists in the way it handles a network socket. A malicious actor with local access to ESXi may exploit this issue to corrupt memory leading to an escape of the ESXi sandbox.

References

URL

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https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0030.html

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	VMware ESXi, VMware Cloud Foundation	Version: VMware ESXi (7.0 prior to ESXi70U3si-20841705, 6.7 prior to ESXi670-202210101-SG, 6.5 prior to ESXi650-202210101-SG), VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x, 3.x)

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