Detections
Analytics
CVE-2021-22045
high
Description
VMware ESXi (7.0, 6.7 before ESXi670-202111101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202110101-SG), VMware Workstation (16.2.0) and VMware Fusion (12.2.0) contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in CD-ROM device emulation. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine with CD-ROM device emulation may be able to exploit this vulnerability in conjunction with other issues to execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine.
References
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-003/
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0001.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165440/VMware-Security-Advisory-2022-0001.html