Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

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Linux | Kernel

CVE-2024-53197

Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Access Vulnerability: Linux Kernel contains an out-of-bounds access vulnerability in the USB-audio driver that allows an attacker with physical access to the system to use a malicious USB device to potentially manipulate system memory, escalate privileges, or execute arbitrary code.

Related CWE: CWE-787

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Unknown

Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
  • Date Added: 2025-04-09
  • Due Date: 2025-04-30
Additional Notes
This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024122725-CVE-2024-53197-6aef@gregkh/ ; https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2025-04-01 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53197
Linux | Kernel

CVE-2024-53150

Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability: Linux Kernel contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the USB-audio driver that allows a local, privileged attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

Related CWE: CWE-125

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Unknown

Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
  • Date Added: 2025-04-09
  • Due Date: 2025-04-30
Additional Notes
This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024122427-CVE-2024-53150-3a7d@gregkh/ ; https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2025-04-01 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53150
Linux | Kernel

CVE-2024-50302

Linux Kernel Use of Uninitialized Resource Vulnerability: The Linux kernel contains a use of uninitialized resource vulnerability that allows an attacker to leak kernel memory via a specially crafted HID report.

Related CWE: CWE-908

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Unknown

Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
  • Date Added: 2025-03-04
  • Due Date: 2025-03-25
Additional Notes
This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024111908-CVE-2024-50302-f677@gregkh/ ; https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2025-03-01 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50302
VMware | ESXi and Workstation

CVE-2025-22224

VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability: VMware ESXi and Workstation contain a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability that leads to an out-of-bounds write. Successful exploitation enables an attacker with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.

Related CWE: CWE-367

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Unknown

Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
  • Date Added: 2025-03-04
  • Due Date: 2025-03-25
Additional Notes
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22224
VMware | ESXi

CVE-2025-22225

VMware ESXi Arbitrary Write Vulnerability: VMware ESXi contains an arbitrary write vulnerability. Successful exploitation allows an attacker with privileges within the VMX process to trigger an arbitrary kernel write leading to an escape of the sandbox.

Related CWE: CWE-123

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Unknown

Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
  • Date Added: 2025-03-04
  • Due Date: 2025-03-25
Additional Notes
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22225
VMware | ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion

CVE-2025-22226

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Information Disclosure Vulnerability: VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS. Successful exploitation allows an attacker with administrative privileges to a virtual machine to leak memory from the vmx process.

Related CWE: CWE-125

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Unknown

Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
  • Date Added: 2025-03-04
  • Due Date: 2025-03-25
Additional Notes
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22226
Linux | Kernel

CVE-2024-53104

Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability: Linux kernel contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the uvc_parse_streaming component of the USB Video Class (UVC) driver that could allow for physical escalation of privilege.

Related CWE: CWE-787

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Unknown

Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
  • Date Added: 2025-02-05
  • Due Date: 2025-02-26
Additional Notes
This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024120232-CVE-2024-53104-d781@gregkh/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53104
VMware | vCenter Server

CVE-2024-38812

VMware vCenter Server Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability: VMware vCenter Server contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. This vulnerability could allow an attacker with network access to the vCenter Server to execute remote code by sending a specially crafted packet.

Related CWE: CWE-122

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Unknown

Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
  • Date Added: 2024-11-20
  • Due Date: 2024-12-11
Additional Notes
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24968 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38812
VMware | vCenter Server

CVE-2024-38813

VMware vCenter Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability: VMware vCenter contains an improper check for dropped privileges vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an attacker with network access to the vCenter Server to escalate privileges to root by sending a specially crafted packet.

Related CWEs: CWE-250| CWE-273

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Unknown

Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
  • Date Added: 2024-11-20
  • Due Date: 2024-12-11
Additional Notes
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24968 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38813
Linux | Kernel

CVE-2017-1000253

Linux Kernel PIE Stack Buffer Corruption Vulnerability : Linux kernel contains a position-independent executable (PIE) stack buffer corruption vulnerability in load_elf_ binary() that allows a local attacker to escalate privileges.

Related CWE: CWE-119

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Known

Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
  • Date Added: 2024-09-09
  • Due Date: 2024-09-30
Additional Notes
This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a87938b2e246b81b4fb713edb371a9fa3c5c3c86; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000253
Linux | Kernel

CVE-2022-0185

Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability: Linux kernel contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the legacy_parse_param function in the Filesystem Context functionality. This allows an attacker to open a filesystem that does not support the Filesystem Context API and ultimately escalate privileges.

Related CWE: CWE-190

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Unknown

Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable.
  • Date Added: 2024-08-21
  • Due Date: 2024-09-11
Additional Notes
This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=722d94847de2; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0185
VMware | ESXi

CVE-2024-37085

VMware ESXi Authentication Bypass Vulnerability: VMware ESXi contains an authentication bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor with sufficient Active Directory (AD) permissions can gain full access to an ESXi host that was previously configured to use AD for user management by re-creating the configured AD group ('ESXi Admins' by default) after it was deleted from AD.

Related CWE: CWE-305

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Known

Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
  • Date Added: 2024-07-30
  • Due Date: 2024-08-20
Additional Notes
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24505; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37085
VMware | vCenter Server

CVE-2022-22948

VMware vCenter Server Incorrect Default File Permissions Vulnerability : VMware vCenter Server contains an incorrect default file permissions vulnerability that allows a remote, privileged attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

Related CWE: CWE-276

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Unknown

Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
  • Date Added: 2024-07-17
  • Due Date: 2024-08-07
Additional Notes
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0009.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22948
Linux | Kernel

CVE-2022-2586

Linux Kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability: Linux Kernel contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the nft_object, allowing local attackers to escalate privileges.

Related CWE: CWE-416

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Unknown

Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable.
  • Date Added: 2024-06-26
  • Due Date: 2024-07-17
Additional Notes
This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q3/131; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2586
Linux | Kernel

CVE-2024-1086

Linux Kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability: Linux kernel contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the netfilter: nf_tables component that allows an attacker to achieve local privilege escalation.

Related CWE: CWE-416

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Unknown

Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
  • Date Added: 2024-05-30
  • Due Date: 2024-06-20
Additional Notes
This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. Please check with specific vendors for information on patching status. For more information, please see: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f342de4e2f33e0e39165d8639387aa6c19dff660; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1086
VMware | vCenter Server

CVE-2023-34048

VMware vCenter Server Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability: VMware vCenter Server contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol that allows an attacker to conduct remote code execution.

Related CWE: CWE-787

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Unknown

Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
  • Date Added: 2024-01-22
  • Due Date: 2024-02-12
Additional Notes
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0023.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34048
VMware | Tools

CVE-2023-20867

VMware Tools Authentication Bypass Vulnerability: VMware Tools contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module. A fully compromised ESXi host can force VMware Tools to fail to authenticate host-to-guest operations, impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the guest virtual machine. An attacker must have root access over ESXi to exploit this vulnerability.

Related CWE: CWE-287

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Unknown

Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
  • Date Added: 2023-06-23
  • Due Date: 2023-07-14
Additional Notes
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0013.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20867
VMware | Aria Operations for Networks

CVE-2023-20887

Vmware Aria Operations for Networks Command Injection Vulnerability: VMware Aria Operations for Networks (formerly vRealize Network Insight) contains a command injection vulnerability that allows a malicious actor with network access to perform an attack resulting in remote code execution.

Related CWE: CWE-77

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Unknown

Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
  • Date Added: 2023-06-22
  • Due Date: 2023-07-13
Additional Notes
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0012.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20887
Linux | Kernel

CVE-2014-0196

Linux Kernel Race Condition Vulnerability: Linux Kernel contains a race condition vulnerability within the n_tty_write function that allows local users to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or gain privileges via read and write operations with long strings.

Related CWE: CWE-362

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Unknown

Action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
  • Date Added: 2023-05-12
  • Due Date: 2023-06-02
Additional Notes
https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1609.1/02103.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0196
Linux | Kernel

CVE-2010-3904

Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Vulnerability: Linux Kernel contains an improper input validation vulnerability in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation that allows local users to gain privileges via crafted use of the sendmsg and recvmsg system calls.

Related CWE: CWE-20

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns? Unknown

Action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
  • Date Added: 2023-05-12
  • Due Date: 2023-06-02
Additional Notes
https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1601.3/06474.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3904

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