Is CVE-2022-31696 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-31696 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-31696?

CVE-2022-31696 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-31696?

CVE-2022-31696 has an EPSS score of 0.34% (26th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-31696?

Upgrade cloud foundation to 4.3.11 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-31696

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

cloud foundationNVD

Affected:>= 4.0, < 4.3.11Fixed in:4.3.11CVE-2022-31696derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.34%probability of exploitation in 30 days

26thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 26% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

vmware.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2015-3113	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-4863	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-04-22.