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CVE-2022-31696

HIGH CVSS: 8.8 Published: 2022-12-13 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

VMware ESXi contains a memory corruption vulnerability that exists in the way it handles a network socket. A malicious actor with local access to ESXi may exploit this issue to corrupt memory leading to an escape of the ESXi sandbox.

Affected Platforms

Vmware EsxiVmware Cloud Foundation

Weakness Type

CWE-787, CWE-787

References