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CVE-2024-22254

VMware ESXi contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process may trigger an out-of-bounds write leading to an escape of the sandbox.

CVSS 7.9 · HighBuzz score 24.1

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 24.1

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 16.1 · diversity 8.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
16.1
4 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
8.0
3 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
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Why it matters now

Mention timeline

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Evidence

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4 source links · newest first
  • Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: What organizations need to know about the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) In this Help Net Security interview, Kris Lovejoy, Global Security and Resilience Leader at Kyndryl, discusses the impact of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) on organizations across the EU, particularly in ICT risk management and cybersecurity. Leveraging AI and automation for enhanced cloud communication security In this … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comMar 10, 2024, 9:00 AM
  • VMware has released fixes for several flaws that together could allow attackers to execute malicious code on the host system from inside a virtual machine, bypassing the critical isolation layer. Some of the flaws are in the virtualized USB controllers, so they impact most VMware hypervisors: VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, and VMware Cloud […]

    newswww.csoonline.comMar 7, 2024, 9:35 PM
  • VMware has fixed four vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-22252, CVE-2024-22253, CVE-2024-22254, CVE-2024-22255) in ESXi, Workstation, Fusion and Cloud Foundation, some of which could allow attackers to escape the sandbox and execute code on the host machine. About the vulnerabilities VMware ESXi is a bare-metal hypervisor, VMware Workstation and Fusion are desktop hypervisors, and VMware Cloud Foundation is a hybrid cloud platform. CVE-2024-22252 and CVE-2024-22253 affect VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion and are critical use-after-free vulnerabilities in the XHCI … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comMar 7, 2024, 1:04 PM
  • VMware released urgent patches to address critical ESXi sandbox escape vulnerabilities in the ESXi, Workstation, Fusion and Cloud Foundation products Virtualization giant VMware released urgent updates to fix critical ESXi sandbox escape vulnerabilities in the ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Cloud Foundation products. The most severe vulnerabilities can be exploited by an attacker with local admin […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comMar 5, 2024, 9:47 PM

Exploit code

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