The vmwgfx driver contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain access to files opened by other processes on the system through a dangling 'file' pointer.
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Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2023-12-13. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.
The vmwgfx driver contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain access to files opened by other processes on the system through a dangling 'file' pointer.
December 13, 2023
November 21, 2024
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_58_1 security and bug fix update
Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update
Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update
Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
RHSA-2022:0592 — Important
RHSA-2022:0620 — Important
RHSA-2022:0622 — Important
RHSA-2022:0771 — Important
RHSA-2022:0772 — Important
RHSA-2022:0777 — Important
RHSA-2022:0841 — Important
RHSA-2022:1103 — Important
RHSA-2022:1107 — Important
RHSA-2022:1263 — Important
RHSA-2022:1324 — Important
RHSA-2022:1373 — Important
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.
Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
vmwgfx Driver File Descriptor Handling Priv Esc
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CWE-416