CVEs-PoC/2021/CVE-2021-22045.md

### [CVE-2021-22045](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22045)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=VMware%20ESXi%2C%20VMware%20Workstation%20and%20VMware%20Fusion&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=Heap-based%20Buffer%20Overflow%20Vulnerability&color=brighgreen)

### Description

VMware ESXi (7.0, 6.7 before ESXi670-202111101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202110101-SG), VMware Workstation (16.2.0) and VMware Fusion (12.2.0) contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in CD-ROM device emulation. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine with CD-ROM device emulation may be able to exploit this vulnerability in conjunction with other issues to execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165440/VMware-Security-Advisory-2022-0001.html
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0001.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon