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CVE-2022-22942

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Published: Dec 13, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Vmware: Photon Os
Vmware
1 product
Photon Os
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Vmware
Photon Os
Version 3.0
Photon Os
Version 4.0

Related CWEs

CWE-416
Use After Free
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

References (6)

Source: security@vmware.com
Release Notes
Source: security@vmware.com
Release Notes
Source: security@vmware.com
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

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