vulnerability

VMware VMware Tools: CVE-2022-31693: VMware Tools for Windows update addresses a denial-of-service vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 29, 2022
Added
Jun 3, 2025
Modified
Aug 20, 2025

Description

VMware Tools for Windows contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the VM3DMP driver. A malicious actor with local user privileges in the Windows guest OS, where VMware Tools is installed, can trigger a PANIC in the VM3DMP driver leading to a denial-of-service condition in the Windows guest OS.

Solution

vmware-tools-upgrade-latest
Title
NEW

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