VMware ESXi contains a null-pointer deference vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process only, may create a denial of service condition on the host.
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2022-10-07
Aliases in the branch predictor may cause some AMD processors to predict the wrong branch type potentially leading to information disclosure.
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2022-07-14
Intel microprocessor generations 6 to 8 are affected by a new Spectre variant that is able to bypass their retpoline mitigation in the kernel to leak arbitrary data. An attacker with unprivileged user access can hijack return instructions to achieve arbitrary speculative code execution under certain microarchitecture-dependent conditions.
CVSS Score
5.6
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2022-07-12
Incomplete cleanup in specific special register write operations for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2022-06-15
Incomplete cleanup of multi-core shared buffers for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2022-06-15
Incomplete cleanup of microarchitectural fill buffers on some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2022-06-15
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.
CVSS Score
6.7
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2022-02-16
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a double-fetch 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 machine's VMX process running on the host.
CVSS Score
6.7
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2022-02-16
VMware ESXi contains an unauthorized access vulnerability due to VMX having access to settingsd authorization tickets. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process only, may be able to access settingsd service running as a high privileged user.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2022-02-16
VMware ESXi contains a TOCTOU (Time-of-check Time-of-use) vulnerability that exists in the way temporary files are handled. A malicious actor with access to settingsd, may exploit this issue to escalate their privileges by writing arbitrary files.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2022-02-16