Vulnerability details
CVE-2025-22224
Actively exploited
VMware ESXiVMware Telco Cloud InfrastructureVMware Telco Cloud PlatformVMware Cloud FoundationVMware Workstation
CVSS 3.1
9.3Critical
Official 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 scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3Critical | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (vmware) | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| VMware | ESXi | 7.0 ≤ v < ESXi70U3s-24585291 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| VMware | ESXi | 8.0 ≤ v < ESXi80U2d-24585300 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| VMware | ESXi | 8.0 ≤ v < ESXi80U3d-24585383 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| VMware | Telco Cloud Infrastructure | 3.x, 2.x | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| VMware | Telco Cloud Platform | 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| VMware | VMware Cloud Foundation | 5.x, 4.5.x | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| VMware | Workstation | 17.x ≤ v < 17.6.3 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
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Details
- Published
- 2025-03-04
- Last updated
- 2026-02-26
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- vmware
- Kolun priority
- 83 · Critical
CISA KEV catalog
- Date added
- 2025-03-04
- Due date
- 2025-03-25
- Used in ransomware
- Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.56%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
75.3%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- No
- Exploitation
- Active
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition