CVE-2025-22226
Out-of-bounds Read
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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.
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Key data
CVSS 3.1 High 7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector: Local
The attacker needs local access to the system, or to trick a user into running something.
Attack complexity: Low
No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required: None
No account or privileges are needed.
User interaction: None
No action from any user is needed.
Scope: Changed
The impact can reach other components beyond the vulnerable one.
Confidentiality impact: High
Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact: None
No effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact: None
No effect on availability.
| Metric | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Attack vector | Local | The attacker needs local access to the system, or to trick a user into running something. |
| Attack complexity | Low | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will. |
| Privileges required | None | No account or privileges are needed. |
| User interaction | None | No action from any user is needed. |
| Scope | Changed | The impact can reach other components beyond the vulnerable one. |
| Confidentiality impact | High | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data. |
| Integrity impact | None | No effect on the trustworthiness of data. |
| Availability impact | None | No effect on availability. |
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EPSS
- Score
- 0.01633 (1.6% probability)
- Percentile
- 76.5%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- Name in the catalog
- VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- Added to the catalog
- Mar 4, 2025
- Federal due date
- Mar 25, 2025
CISA assessment as of Mar 5, 2025
- Exploitation
- Recorded by CISA as active
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read
Affected products
ESXi
- affected: 8.0 up to before ESXi80U3d-24585383
- affected: 8.0 up to before ESXi80U2d-24585300
- affected: 7.0 up to before ESXi70U3s-24585291
VMware Workstation
- affected: 17.x up to before 17.6.3
VMware Fusion
- affected: 13.x up to before 13.6.3
VMware Cloud Foundation
- affected: 5.x, 4.5.x
VMware Telco Cloud Platform
- affected: 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x
VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure
- affected: 3.x, 2.x
References
Timeline
- ID reserved
- Added to CISA KEV
- Record published
- Record last updated
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