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high 7.1

CVE-2023-34044 json

Information disclosure vulnerability in bluetooth device-sharing functionality

published 3y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2023-38163

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 9%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

VMware Workstation( 17.x prior to 17.5) and Fusion(13.x prior to 13.5) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that exists in the functionality for sharing host Bluetooth devices with the virtual machine. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may be able to read privileged information contained in hypervisor memory from a virtual machine.

Patch / fix

  • VMware Workstation 17.5
  • VMware Fusion 13.5

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Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-14).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • VMware Workstation
  • VMware Fusion

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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