CVE-2024-22273

moderate-risk
Published 2024-05-21

The storage controllers on VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion have out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine with storage controllers enabled may exploit this issue to create a denial of service condition or execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine in conjunction with other issues.

Do I need to act?

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0.30% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.1/10 High
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Vendors

46
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 21/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 24/34 · High