MEDIUM

CVE-2025-22226

Vmware Esxi 2025-03-04 CVSS v3.1

CVSS

KEV

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.

Summary dbcve.org

Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in HGFS (Host-Guest File System) component of VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion allows a VM administrator to leak memory from the vmx process.

Mitigation

Apply vendor patches when available; until then, restrict administrative privileges on virtual machines and consider disabling HGFS if not required.

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

EPSS Score

1.74%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

76.6th percentile

References

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390 Vendor Advisory https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-22226 US Government Resource

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