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Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 7, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-31681

CVE-2022-31681

Description

VMware ESXi contains a null-pointer deference vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process only, may create a denial of service condition on the host.

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Affected products

22
  • VMware/Cloud Foundation4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=4.2,<4.3.1.1
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • VMware/Esxi18 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 17 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <7.0
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1a:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1b:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1c:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1d:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1e:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2a:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2c:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2d:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2e:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3c:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3d:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3e:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)

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