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CVE-2021-22041

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a double-fetch vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller.

Impact

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a double-fetch vulnerability in the UHCI 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

VendorProductAffected versions
VmwareCloud Foundation
from 3.0 before 3.11
from 4.0 before 4.4
VmwareFusion
from 12.0.0 before 12.2.1
All versions
VmwareWorkstation
from 16.0.0 before 16.2.1
VmwareEsxi
Versions 6.5, 6.7, 7.0

References