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High severity8.2NVD Advisory· Published Dec 14, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-31705

CVE-2022-31705

Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the USB 2.0 controller (EHCI). 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.

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Affected products

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  • VMware/Fusion2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=12.0.0,<12.2.5
    • (no CPE)
  • VMware/Workstation2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=16.0.0,<16.2.5
    • (no CPE)
  • VMware/Esxi20 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 19 more
    • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3f:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3g:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
  • VMware/ESXi, Workstation, and Fusiondescription

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