CVE-2025-22224

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.

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

• 9.3CVSS 3.1, Criticalfrom the CNA (vmware)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What to do

• Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

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No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

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Affected products

Timeline

1. 4 Mar 2025 CVE-2025-22224 added to CISA KEV
2. 4 Mar 2025 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue
3. 4 Mar 2025 Published

Weakness

• CWE-367

References

• support.broadcom.com