CVE-2022-31696

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware ESXi (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a memory corruption vulnerability in the way VMware ESXi 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. This could potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.