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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2024-22255

High
7.1/10

Summary

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with administrative access to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to leak memory from the vmx process.  

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published