CVE-2025-22225: VMware ESXi contains an arbitrary write vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process may trigger an arbitrary kernel...

8.2 CVSS

Description

VMware ESXi contains an arbitrary write vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process may trigger an arbitrary kernel write leading to an escape of the sandbox.

Known Exploited

🚨 Marked as known exploited on March 4th, 2025 (about 2 months ago).

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-22225

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.2

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

Problem Types

Arbitrary write vulnerability

Affected Products

Vendor: Broadcom

Product: VMware ESXi, VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware Telco Cloud Platform, VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 8.45% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 91.55% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-02 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22225
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390

Timeline