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.
EPSS: 0.023 (81.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
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 , 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-2024-22255?
- 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.