PT-2022-5009
CVE-2022-31681
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Published
2022-10-06
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Updated
2022-10-11
Description by
CVSS 3.1
6.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
VMware ESXi (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to a null-pointer deference vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process may create a denial of service condition on the host. This can be achieved by exploiting the vulnerability, allowing the attacker to cause a service disruption.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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