CVEs-PoC/2021/CVE-2021-22040.md

### [CVE-2021-22040](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22040)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=VMware%20ESXi%20%2C%20Workstation%2C%20Fusion%20and%20VMware%20Cloud%20Foundation&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=VMware%20ESXi%20(7.0%20U3%20before%20ESXi70U3c-19193900%2C%207.0%20U2%20before%20ESXi70U2e-19290878%2C%207.0%20U1%20before%20ESXi70U1e-19324898%2C%20ESXi%206.7%20before%20ESXi670-202111101-SG%20and%20ESXi%206.5%20ESXi650-202202401-SG)%2C%20Workstation%20(16.x%20before%2016.2.1)%2C%20Fusion%20(12.x%20before%2012.2.1)%20and%20VMware%20Cloud%20Foundation%20(4.x%20before%204.4%20and%203.x%20before%203.11)%20&color=brightgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=Use-after-free%20vulnerability&color=brightgreen)

### Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/EGI-Federation/SVG-advisories