Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 4, 2022· Updated Aug 3, 2024
CVE-2021-22045
CVE-2021-22045
Description
VMware ESXi (7.0, 6.7 before ESXi670-202111101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202110101-SG), VMware Workstation (16.2.0) and VMware Fusion (12.2.0) contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in CD-ROM device emulation. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine with CD-ROM device emulation may be able to exploit this vulnerability in conjunction with other issues to execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine.
Affected products
1- Range: VMware ESXi (7.0, 6.7 before ESXi670-202111101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202110101-SG), VMware Workstation (16.2.0) and VMware Fusion (12.2.0)
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- packetstormsecurity.com/files/165440/VMware-Security-Advisory-2022-0001.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0001.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-003/mitrex_refsource_MISC
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