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Critical severity9.3NVD Advisory· Published Mar 5, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-22252

CVE-2024-22252

Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI 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.

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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: >=13.0.0,<13.5.1
    • (no CPE)
  • VMware/Workstation2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=17.0.0,<17.5.1
    • (no CPE)
  • VMware/Esxi35 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0.0:b:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 34 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0.0:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • 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_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • 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:7.0:update_3i:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3j:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3k:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3l:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3m:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3n:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3o:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:c:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_1a:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_1c:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)

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