medium6.7
CVE-2021-22040
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Vmware | Cloud Foundation | from 3.0 before 3.11 from 4.0 before 4.4 |
| Vmware | Fusion | from 12.0.0 before 12.2.1 |
| Vmware | Workstation Player | from 16.0.0 before 16.2.1 |
| Vmware | Workstation Pro | from 16.0.0 before 16.2.1 |
| Vmware | Esxi | Versions 6.5, 6.7, 7.0 |