CVE-2025-22224 (GCVE-0-2025-22224)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-03-04 11:56
Modified
2026-02-26 19:09
Severity ?
9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Heap-overflow vulnerability
Summary
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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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
VMware ESXi Version: 8.0   < ESXi80U3d-24585383
Version: 8.0   < ESXi80U2d-24585300
Version: 7.0   < ESXi70U3s-24585291
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2025-03-04

Due date: 2025-03-25

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

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22224

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