CVE-2022-31696 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published Unknown CVE-2022-31696

VMware ESXi contains a memory corruption vulnerability that exists in...

Vulnerability Description

VMware ESXi contains a memory corruption vulnerability that exists in the way it handles a network socket. A malicious actor with local access to ESXi may exploit this issue to corrupt memory leading to an escape of the ESXi sandbox.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2022-31696

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

VMware ESXi, VMware Cloud Foundation
Vulnerable Versions:
VMware ESXi (7.0 prior to ESXi70U3si-20841705, 6.7 prior to ESXi670-202210101-SG, 6.5 prior to ESXi650-202210101-SG), VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x, 3.x)

Timeline

Official Publish: December 13th, 2022
Last Modified: April 22nd, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.