Out-of-bounds Read in Apple Macos
CVE-2024-22273
The storage controllers on VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion have out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine with storage controllers enabled may exploit this issue to create a denial of service condition or execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine in conjunction with other issues.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.002 (6.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Apple Macos
- Vmware Cloud_foundation
- Vmware Esxi — versions 7.0, 8.0
- Vmware Fusion
- Vmware Workstation
- N/a Vmware Cloud Foundation (Esxi) — 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)
References
- security@vmware.com (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-22273?
- CVE-2024-22273 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2024-05-21.
- How severe is CVE-2024-22273?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.