What is CVE-2022-31693?

CVE-2022-31693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-06-07.

How severe is CVE-2022-31693?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2022-31693

VMware Tools for Windows (12.x.y prior to 12.1.5, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the VM3DMP driver. A malicious actor with local user privileges in the Windows guest OS, where VMware Tools is installed, ca…

EPSS: 0.002 (14.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows
Vmware Tools
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

References

security@vmware.com (Vendor Advisory)
security@vmware.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@vmware.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-31693?: CVE-2022-31693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-06-07.
How severe is CVE-2022-31693?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.