Insufficient Control Flow Management in Ethernet 500 Series Controller drivers for VMware and Ethernet 700 Series Controller drivers for VMWare - CVE-2022-21793

 

Insufficient Control Flow Management in Ethernet 500 Series Controller drivers for VMware and Ethernet 700 Series Controller drivers for VMWare - CVE-2022-21793

Published: August 15, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU66487
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21793
CWE-ID: CWE-691
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient control flow management. A local user can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


Affected software

Ethernet 500 Series Controller drivers for VMware
Ethernet 700 Series Controller drivers for VMWare

How to mitigate CVE-2022-21793

Install updates from vendor's website.

Ethernet 500 Series Controller drivers for VMware - update to 1.11.4.0
Ethernet 700 Series Controller drivers for VMWare - update to 2.1.5.0

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