What is CVE-2022-31681?

CVE-2022-31681 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-10-07.

How severe is CVE-2022-31681?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-31681 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NULL pointer dereference in Vmware Cloud Foundation

CVE-2022-31681

VMware ESXi contains a null-pointer deference vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process only, may create a denial of service condition on the host.

EPSS: 0.002 (10.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Vmware Cloud_foundation — versions 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.1.1
Vmware Esxi — versions 7.0
N/a Vmware Esxi — versions VMware ESXi (7.0 prior to ESXi70U3sf-20036586, 6.7 prior to ESXi670-202210101-SG & 6.5 prior to ESXi650-202210101-SG)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

karimhabush/cyberowl

References

security@vmware.com (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-31681?: CVE-2022-31681 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-10-07.
How severe is CVE-2022-31681?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-31681 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.