CVE Database · CVE-2025-22224
CVSS v3.1
9.3
EPSS
1.52%
Published
Mar 4, 2025
Modified
Oct 30, 2025
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Added: 2025-03-04 · Due: 2025-03-25
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Public PoC / Exploit (1)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
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.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HWeaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (56)
References (2)
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