Resource exhaustion in Apple macOS
CVE-2024-22255
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with administrative access to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to leak memory from the vmx process.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (82.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple macOS
- VMware Cloud Foundation
- VMware Esxi — versions 7.0, 7.0.0, 8.0
- VMware Fusion
- VMware Workstation
- VMware Cloud Foundation — versions 5.x, 4.x
- VMware Esxi — versions 8.0, 8.0, 7.0
- VMware Fusion — versions 13.x
- VMware Workstation — versions 17.x
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2024-0006.html (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-22255?
- CVE-2024-22255 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2024-03-05.
- How severe is CVE-2024-22255?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-22255 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.