6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
7.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
33.1%
3. Return-Stack-Buffer-Underflow (CVE-2022-29901, CVE-2022-28693, CVE-2022-26373) and Branch Type Confusion (CVE-2022-23816, CVE-2022-23825) vulnerabilities
VMware ESXi contains Return-Stack-Buffer-Underflow (CVE-2022-29901, CVE-2022-28693, CVE-2022-26373) and Branch Type Confusion (CVE-2022-23816, CVE-2022-23825) vulnerabilities due to the Intel and AMD processors it utilizes. VMware has evaluated the severity of these issues to be in the Moderate severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 5.6.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
esxi | lt | ESXi70U3sf-20036586 | |
esxi | lt | ESXi670-202207401-SG | |
esxi | lt | ESXi650-202207401-SG | |
cloud foundation (esxi) | eq | 4.x | |
cloud foundation (esxi) | eq | 3.x |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-23816
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-23825
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-26373
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-28693
docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/rn/esxi650-202207001.html
docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/rn/esxi670-202207001.html
docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/rn/vsphere-esxi-70u3f-release-notes.html
kb.vmware.com/s/article/88695
kb.vmware.com/s/article/88927
via.vmw.com/vmsa-2022-0020-qna
www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
7.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
33.1%