CVE CVE

CVE-2025-22226

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Information Disclosure Vulnerability

March 4, 2025

March 25, 2025

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS. A malicious actor with administrative privileges to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to leak memory from the vmx process.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name

CWE-125
Out-of-bounds Read

Details

Source:
NVD
Published:
Updated:

Risk information

CVSS v3

Base score:
7.1
Severity:

HIGH

Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2

Not defined