CVE-2022-31693: VMware Tools

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

VMware Tools for Windows (12.x.y prior to 12.1.5, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) 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.

Affected products

• VMware Tools: from 10.0.0, before 12.1.5 (fixed in 12.1.5)

Published 2023-06-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.