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CVE-2025-22224

VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability

VMwareESXi and Workstation

Added to KEV catalog
4 March 2025
Federal remediation due date
25 March 2025
Weakness classification (CWE)
CWE-367

CISA 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.

Required 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.

Notes

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22224

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