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CVE-2022-31705

HIGH · CVSS 8.2EPSS 1.1%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score
8.2 (v3.1)
Severity
HIGH
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-787
EPSS score
1.1% (66th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2022-53125)
Published
December 14, 2022
NVD last modified
June 17, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-53125 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on April 18, 2025.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • apple / mac os x
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / fusion
  • vmware / workstation

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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