CVE-2025-22226

Published Mar 4, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 7.1 High EPSS 1.6% KEV · Listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-7605 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Vmware cloud Foundation
Vmware telco Cloud Infrastructure
Vmware telco Cloud Platform
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_infrastructure:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_infrastructure:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_infrastructure:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_infrastructure:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_platform:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_platform:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_platform:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_platform:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_platform:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_platform:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1a:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1b:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1c:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1d:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1e:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2a:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2c:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2d:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2e:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3c:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3d:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3e:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3f:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3g:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3i:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3j:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3k:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3l:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3m:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3n:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3o:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3p:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3q:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3r:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:c:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_1a:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_1c:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_1d:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_2b:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_2c:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_3b:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:update_3c:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Vmware cloud Foundation
Vmware telco Cloud Infrastructure
Vmware telco Cloud Platform
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.04449}

epss

{'score': 0.0362}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2025-03-04'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-125
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
vmware
Published
Updated
Feb 26, 2026, 7:09 PM
Reserved
Jan 2, 2025, 4:29 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 4, 2025, 12:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:45 AM