{
  "id": "CVE-2025-22224",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2025-22224",
  "published": "2025-03-04T12:15:33.687Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-17T08:45:43.370Z",
  "score": 8.2,
  "severity": "high",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "score_source": "NVD",
  "epss": 0.01561,
  "epss_percentile": 0.7443,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2025-03-04",
    "due": "2025-03-25",
    "action": "Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.",
    "ransomware": "Unknown",
    "name": "VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22224"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "VMware"
  ],
  "products": [
    "VMware ESXi",
    "VMware Workstation",
    "VMware Cloud Foundation",
    "VMware Telco Cloud Platform",
    "VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-367"
  ],
  "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.",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Primary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 8.2,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-22224",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22224",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}