CVE-2025-22226: VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS. A malicious actor with...
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.
Known Exploited
🚨 Marked as known exploited on March 4th, 2025 (about 2 months ago).
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-22226
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Problem Types
Information disclosure vulnerabilityAffected Products
Vendor: Broadcom
Product: ESXi, VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware Telco Cloud Platform, VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 8.35% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 91.5% (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-2025-22226https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390