CVE-2022-21793: VMware i40en

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Insufficient control flow management in the Intel(R) Ethernet 500 Series Controller drivers for VMWare before version 1.11.4.0 and in the Intel(R) Ethernet 700 Series Controller drivers for VMWare before version 2.1.5.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable a denial of service via local access.

Affected products

• VMware i40en: before 2.1.5.0 (fixed in 2.1.5.0)
• VMware Ixgben: before 1.11.4.0 (fixed in 1.11.4.0)

Published 2022-08-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.