{
    "id": "CVE-2025-22224",
    "published": "2025-03-04 12:15:33",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 08:45:43",
    "cvss_score": "9.3",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.01561",
    "epss_percentile": "0.74239",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2025-03-25",
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:48",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2025-03-25."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "vmware",
            "product": "cloud_foundation"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "vmware",
            "product": "esxi"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "vmware",
            "product": "telco_cloud_infrastructure"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "vmware",
            "product": "telco_cloud_platform"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "vmware",
            "product": "workstation"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2025-22224",
        "date_added": "2025-03-04",
        "due_date": "2025-03-25",
        "vendor": "VMware",
        "product": "ESXi and Workstation",
        "name": "VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-22224"
    ]
}