CVE-2025-22224
critical-risk
Published 2025-03-04
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.
Do I need to act?
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47.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 53% of all CVEs
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.3/10
Critical
LOCAL
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (20)
Affected Vendors
References (2)
78
/ 100
critical-risk
Severity
28/34 · Critical
Exploitability
24/34 · High
Exposure
26/34 · High