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CVE-2025-22224
VMware ESXi and Workstation
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L N N C H H H 9.3 .0156 74.4 YES
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
ESXi 8.0 – —
Workstation 17.x – —
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x, 4.5.x – —
Telco Cloud Platform 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x – —
Telco Cloud Infrastructure 3.x, 2.x – —
TIMELINE
Jan 2 Reserved by vmware
Mar 4 Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2025-03-25
Mar 4 Published (CNA: vmware)
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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| January 2, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by vmware |
| March 4, 2025 | KEV ADDED | Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2025-03-25 |
| March 4, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: vmware) |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 5 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| VMware | ESXi | — | 8.0 | — |
| VMware | Workstation | — | 17.x | — |
| 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 | — |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2025-22224 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Sunday, October 4, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.
