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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-22255

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion UHCI USB Controller Vulnerability

Published Oct 11, 2024 · catalog updated Oct 11, 2024 · VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
2.3%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion

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.

Technical analysis

Mechanism and impact are interpreted from ingested advisories — not independent exploit research.

  • CWE classification

    No CWE identifiers stored yet.

  • Prerequisites and impact

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

How to fix CVE-2024-22255

Grounded briefings

Catalog interpretations for three audiences. Each brief cites ingested metadata and the original advisories below. They are not independent research and they do not invent exploit steps.

Executive

CVE-2024-22255 is a unknown public vulnerability record for VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. CISA lists it as known exploited. Published remediation guidance: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable. This summary is a catalog interpretation of the ingested metadata and cites the original advisories below.

System administrator

Identify whether VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion is in your estate, then compare installed versions with the affected ranges. Affected packages or ranges on record: VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. Published remediation guidance: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable. Prefer the vendor or distribution advisory linked in Sources before changing production systems. This is a catalog interpretation, not a runbook.

Security analyst

Signals on file: EPSS 2.3% (30-day exploitation probability). CISA lists it as known exploited. Sources contributing to this record: cve_org, epss, vulncheck_kev. Public exploit references, when present, are outbound links only and are not proof of active exploitation. This is a catalog interpretation of stored metadata.

Related intelligence

  • Exploitation evidence

    Confirmed in CISA KEV since Oct 11, 2024. Listed in CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV.

  • Safe detection guidance

    Compare installed versions with the affected ranges below and verify the advisory from the original publisher. This site stores metadata and outbound links only; it does not ship exploit code or proof-of-concept payloads.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 11, 2024 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    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.

  2. Oct 11, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Affected versions

Enter an installed version to get a verified affected / not-affected result against the ranges below.

  • vendor VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusionversion unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-22255

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-22255

    30-day exploitation probability 2.3%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-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.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.