CVE-2024-22268

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a heap buffer-overflow vulnerability in the Shader functionality. A malicious actor with non-administrative access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled may be able to exploit this vulnerability to create a denial of service condition.

Affected products

VMware Fusion: from 13.0.0 before 13.5.2 — fixed in 13.5.2
VMware Workstation: from 17.0.0 before 17.5.2 — fixed in 17.5.2
VMware Workstation: from 17.x before 17.5.2 — fixed in 17.5.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Fusion 13.5.2; VMware Workstation 17.5.2; VMware Workstation 17.5.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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