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CVE-2025-22224
Severity
high · on CISA KEV actively exploited
Source
CISA-KEV · kev
Published
2025-03-04
Reference
⌖ exploited in the wild
shame 50/100
exploited-in-wild
VMware ESXi and Workstation contain a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability that leads to an out-of-bounds write. Successful exploitation enables an attacker with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine to execute code as the virtual machine
Players implicated
Description
VMware ESXi and Workstation contain a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability that leads to an out-of-bounds write. Successful exploitation enables an attacker with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.
Affected FedRAMP products 2 in the catalog
| Product | Provider | Status | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| VMware Government Services (VGS) | VMware, Inc. | Authorized | vendor-exact · 0.90 |
| Workspace ONE | VMware, Inc. | Authorized | vendor-exact · 0.90 |