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.
Analysis
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| n/a | VMware ESXi , Workstation, Fusion and VMware Cloud Foundation | affected |
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Remediation
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
 EUVD |
EUVD-2021-9209 | 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. |
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History
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-03T18:30:24.011Z
Reserved: 2021-01-04T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2021-22040
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2022-02-16T17:15:10.413
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:49:29.040
Link: CVE-2021-22040
Redhat
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