CVE-2022-31681

6.5 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (6.5) in vmware. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

VMware ESXi contains a null-pointer deference vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process only, may create a denial of service condition on the host.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 10% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-476
Published: 2022-10-07
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

vmware:cloud_foundation
vmware:esxi

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0025.html
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0025.html

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