Is CVE-2024-22273 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-22273 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-22273?

CVE-2024-22273 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-22273?

CVE-2024-22273 has an EPSS score of 0.16% (6th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-22273?

Upgrade cloud foundation to 5.1.1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-22273

HIGH

8.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The storage controllers on VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion have out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine with storage controllers enabled may exploit this issue to create a denial of service condition or execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine in conjunction with other issues.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

cloud foundationNVD

Affected:>= 4.0, < 5.1.1Fixed in:5.1.1CVE-2024-22273derived from NVD

fusionNVD

Affected:>= 13.0.0, < 13.5.1Fixed in:13.5.1CVE-2024-22273derived from NVD

workstationNVD

Affected:>= 17.0.0, < 17.5.1Fixed in:17.5.1CVE-2024-22273derived 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 ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.16%probability of exploitation in 30 days

6thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 6% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

support.broadcom.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	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 2025-03-26.