CVE-2025-22224 (GCVE-0-2025-22224)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-03-04 11:56
Modified
2025-10-21 22:55
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
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.
References
Impacted products
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| ► | 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 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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