CVE-2025-22224

CRITICALCISA KEV

9.3

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.3

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published3/4/2025

Last Modified10/30/2025

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorVMware

ProductESXi and Workstation

Vulnerability NameVMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2025-03-04

Remediation Due Date2025-03-25

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

vmware:cloud_foundationvmware:esxivmware:telco_cloud_infrastructurevmware:telco_cloud_platformvmware:workstation

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-367CWE-367

References

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390(security@vmware.com)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-22224(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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