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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-22252

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion XHCI USB Controller Vulnerability

Published Sep 11, 2024 · catalog updated Sep 11, 2024 · VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion

Patch now

CVE-2024-22252 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
3.54%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion

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. 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.

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  • vendor VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusionversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2024-22252

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-22252 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 3.54%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 11, 2024 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    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. On ESXi, the exploitation is contained within the VMX sandbox whereas, on Workstation and Fusion, this may lead to code exe

  2. Sep 11, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-22252

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-22252

    30-day exploitation probability 3.5%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-22252

    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. On

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.