CVE-2022-31681 (GCVE-0-2022-31681)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-07 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 07:26
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Summary
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.
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CWE
  • Null-pointer dereference vulnerability
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n/a VMware ESXi Affected: VMware ESXi (7.0 prior to ESXi70U3sf-20036586, 6.7 prior to ESXi670-202210101-SG & 6.5 prior to ESXi650-202210101-SG)
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