CVE-2024-22253

mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.006 · 50 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.65% (50th) EPSS

CVSS 6.7 · medium

Is it mine?

24 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.7–9.3

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.4highAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.3criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.3criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@vmware.comexploitability 2.5 · impact 6

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-416USCWE-416US

affected products (24)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a VMware Cloud Foundation≤ 4.xenisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware Cloud Foundationall versionsenisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware Cloud Foundation≤ 5.xenisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware ESXiall versionsenisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware ESXi7.0 → ESXi70U3p-23307199enisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware ESXi8.0 → ESXi80U1d-23299997enisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware ESXi8.0 → ESXi80U2sb-23305545enisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware Fusionall versionsenisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware Fusion13.x → 13.5.1enisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware Workstationall versionsenisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware Workstation17.x → 17.5.1enisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. VMWare Workstation17.0 → 17.5.1fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware ESXi4.0 → KB88287fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware ESXi5.0 → KB88287fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware ESXi7.0 → 7.0 Update 3pfstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware ESXi8.0 → 8.0 Update 1dfstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware ESXi8.0 → 8.0 Update 2bfstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Fusion13.0 → 13.5.1fstec_bduRU
vmware cloud foundation4.0 → 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-0555VMware Produkte: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-03-05csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion und VMware Cloud Foundation ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen oder Informationen offenzulegen.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-03-05modified 2026-06-17

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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