Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 13, 2022· Updated Apr 22, 2025
CVE-2022-31696
CVE-2022-31696
Description
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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