Use After Free in Apple Macos
CVE-2024-22253
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machi…
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
EPSS: 0.006 (46.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.3 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Apple Macos
- Vmware Cloud_foundation
- Vmware Esxi — versions 7.0, 7.0.0, 8.0
- Vmware Fusion
- Vmware Workstation
- N/a Vmware Cloud Foundation — versions 5.x, 4.x
- N/a Vmware Esxi — versions 8.0, 7.0
- N/a Vmware Fusion — versions 13.x
- N/a Vmware Workstation — versions 17.x
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@vmware.com (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-22253?
- CVE-2024-22253 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2024-03-05.
- How severe is CVE-2024-22253?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-22253 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.