CVE-2022-31696

VMware ESXi contains a memory corruption vulnerability that exists in the way it handles a network socket

High · published December 13, 2022

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
23.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00320 · 23.8th percentile
Published
2022-12-13T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 DEC 00:00Z
    VMware ESXi contains a memory corruption vulnerability that exists in the way it handles a network socket
    cvelistv5