description: VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi70U1b-17168206, 6.7 before ESXi670-202011101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202011301-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.5.7), Fusion (11.x before 11.5.7) 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.
problem types: Use-after-free vulnerability
affected:
{
product: VMware ESXi
vendor: n/a
versions:
status: affected, version: 7.0 before ESXi70U1b-17168206
status: affected, version: 6.7 before ESXi670-202011101-SG
status: affected, version: 6.5 before ESXi650-202011301-SG
}
{
product: Workstation
vendor: n/a
versions:
status: affected, version: 15.x before 15.5.7
}
{
product: Fusion
vendor: n/a
versions:
status: affected, version: 11.x before 11.5.7
}
