Buffer overflow in Vmware Cloud Foundation

CVE-2022-31699

VMware ESXi contains a heap-overflow vulnerability. A malicious local actor with restricted privileges within a sandbox process may exploit this issue to achieve a partial information disclosure.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (10.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

  • Vmware Cloud_foundation — versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.1.1
  • Vmware Esxi — versions 6.5, 6.7, 7.0
  • N/a Vmware Esxi, Cloud Foundation — versions VMware ESXi (7.0 prior to ESXi70U3si-20841705, 6.7 prior to ESXi670-202210101-SG, 6.5 prior to ESXi650-202210101-SG), VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x, 3.x)

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-31699?
CVE-2022-31699 is a low-severity vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2022-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-31699?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.