Actively exploited · Published Mar 4, 2025 · Assigned by vmware
CVE-2025-22224
Critical 9.3 Exploited
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in ESXi from VMware. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on March 4, 2025). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 75% of all known vulnerabilities). Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA guidance
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Federal agencies must remediate by Mar 25, 2025.
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| VMware | ESXi | 8.0 – before ESXi80U3d-245853838.0 – before ESXi80U2d-245853007.0 – before ESXi70U3s-24585291 |
| VMware | Workstation | 17.x – before 17.6.3 |
| VMware | VMware Cloud Foundation | 5.x, 4.5.x |
| VMware | Telco Cloud Platform | 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x |
| VMware | Telco Cloud Infrastructure | 3.x, 2.x |
Weakness: CWE-367 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H