Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-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 administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.
CISA KEV
CVSS Base Score
9.3
CRITICAL
Exploitability:2.6
Impact Score:6.1
Temporal Score:-
EPSS:1.52%
Threat Intelligence Signals
CISA KEV
YES
KEV Date Added
2025-03-04
Ransomware Use
Unknown
KEV Due Date
2025-03-25
VulnCheck In-the-Wild
No
Nuclei Template
No
EPSS Score
1.524%
EPSS Percentile
71.4th pct
GHSA ID
GitHub Severity
CRITICAL
SSVC Exploitation
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SSVC Automatable
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Vulnerability Class
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Identity & Timeline
| Status | - |
| Assigning Authority | - |
| CVSS Version / Source | - |
| Reserved | - |
| Published | - |
| Patch Date (date_public) | - |
| Exploit DB Date | - |
| First GitHub PoC Date | - |
| Last Updated | - |
| Time to Patch (Days to fix) | - |
| Exploit Release Gap | - |
| PoC Release Gap | - |
| Exploit DB References | None identified |
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| No affected products specified. | ||
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