CVE-2022-22942

The vmwgfx driver contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain access to files opened by other processes on the system through a dangling 'file' pointer.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:vmware:photon_os:3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:photon_os:4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

18 Dec 2023, 17:27

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8
CWE CWE-416
CPE cpe:2.3:o:vmware:photon_os:4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:photon_os:3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-3.0-356 - () https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-3.0-356 - Release Notes
References () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/27/4 - () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/27/4 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-148 - () https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-148 - Release Notes

13 Dec 2023, 09:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-12-13 09:15

Updated : 2024-02-05 00:22


NVD link : CVE-2022-22942

Mitre link : CVE-2022-22942

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-22942


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Products Affected

vmware

  • photon_os
CWE
CWE-416

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