{"cve":"CVE-2025-22224","nvd":{"published":"2025-03-04T12:15:33.687","modified":"2026-06-17T08:45:43.370","status":"Analyzed","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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.2},"cwes":["CWE-367"],"references":["https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390","https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-22224"],"products":["vmware:cloud_foundation","vmware:esxi","vmware:telco_cloud_infrastructure","vmware:telco_cloud_platform","vmware:workstation"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:00:17.429720821+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-22224","score":0.01561,"percentile":0.75242,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":{"cve":"CVE-2025-22224","date_added":"2025-03-04","due_date":"2025-03-25","vendor":"VMware","product":"ESXi and Workstation","known_ransomware":false},"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}