CVE-2025-22224

9.3 CRITICAL CISA KEV - Actively Exploited
Published: March 04, 2025 Modified: October 30, 2025

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

2 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.3 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
48.2%
98th percentile
Exploitation Status
Actively Exploited
Remediation due: 2025-03-25

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

vmware