CVE-2025-22224

CRITICALImmediate

Published:Mar 4, 2025(1 year ago)

Modified:Oct 30, 2025

Local AccessNo Auth RequiredNo InteractionScope ChangesLow Complexity

Vulnerability Description

VMware ESXi, and Workstation contain a TOCTOU (Time-of-Check Time-of-Use) vulnerability that leads to an out-of-bounds write. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.

Attack Characteristics

Local AccessLow ComplexityNo Auth NeededNo User Interaction

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No Fix Known

No patch has been released yet. Apply workarounds or mitigations where available.

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed In
vmware	esxi	-	-
vmware	esxi	-	-
vmware	esxi	-

Timeline

Published
CVE disclosed publicly
Mar 4, 20251 year ago
Last Modified
Most recent update
Oct 30, 20256 months ago
Indexed to CVEInsight
Added to this platform
Mar 29, 20261 month ago

References

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/ex...Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve...US Government Resource

CVSS Score

v3.1

9.3/ 10.0

CRITICAL

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

At a Glance

Affected Products

References

vmware / esxi

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CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

CVE-2025-22224

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Attack Characteristics

Affected Software

Timeline

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CVSS Score

At a Glance

Official Sources

CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

Vulnerability Description