CVE-2025-22224
published 2025-03-04CVE-2025-22224: 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…
high8.2CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRHUINSCCHIHAH
KEV
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitydue 2025-03-25
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.
Affected
21 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware | esxi | — | — |
| vmware | esxi | — | — |
| vmware | esxi | >= 7.0 < ESXi70U3s-24585291 | ESXi70U3s-24585291 |
| vmware | esxi | >= 8.0 < ESXi80U3d-24585383 | ESXi80U3d-24585383 |
| vmware | esxi | >= 8.0 < ESXi80U2d-24585300 | ESXi80U2d-24585300 |
| vmware | telco_cloud_infrastructure | — | — |
| vmware | telco_cloud_infrastructure | — | — |
| vmware | telco_cloud_infrastructure | — | — |
| vmware | telco_cloud_infrastructure | — | — |
| vmware | telco_cloud_infrastructure | — | — |
| vmware | telco_cloud_platform | — | — |
| vmware | telco_cloud_platform | — | — |
| vmware | telco_cloud_platform | — | — |
| vmware | telco_cloud_platform | — | — |
| vmware | telco_cloud_platform | — | — |
| vmware | telco_cloud_platform | — | — |
| vmware | telco_cloud_platform | — | — |
| vmware | telco_cloud_platform | — | — |
| vmware | vmware_cloud_foundation | — | — |
| vmware | workstation | >= 17.0 < 17.6.3 | 17.6.3 |
| vmware | workstation | >= 17.x < 17.6.3 | 17.6.3 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.18.2HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
vulncheck9.3CRITICAL
cisa8.2HIGH