Partial information disclosure via OpenSLP heap overflow
Published Dec 13, 2022 · Updated Apr 22, 2025
Heap overflow in OpenSLP in VMware ESXi 6.5, 6.7, and 7.0 allows local users in a sandbox process to disclose host information. VMware identifies the affected locus as OpenSLP but has not published the input, allocation, or copy operation that overruns the heap buffer. Exploitation requires restricted local privileges inside an ESXi sandbox, and the documented consequence is partial information disclosure.
Summary
What happened
Heap overflow in OpenSLP in VMware ESXi 6.5, 6.7, and 7.0 allows local users in a sandbox process to disclose host information. VMware identifies the affected locus as OpenSLP but has not published the input, allocation, or copy operation that overruns the heap buffer. Exploitation requires restricted local privileges inside an ESXi sandbox, and the documented consequence is partial information disclosure.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-31699
- Published
- Dec 13, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 22, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-787
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Dec 13, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 22, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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