SB2022112944 - Denial of service in VMware Tools for Windows
Published: November 29, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022112944
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31693)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the VM3DMP driver. A local user in the Windows guest OS can pass specially crafted input to the driver and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.