Vulnerability Details : 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 administrative privileges to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to leak memory from the vmx process.
Vulnerability category: Information leak
Products affected by CVE-2025-22226
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CVE-2025-22226 is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
CISA vulnerability name:
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CISA required action:
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA description:
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS. Successful exploitation allows an attacker with administrative privileges to a virtual machine to leak memory from the vmx process.
Notes:
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22226
Added on
2025-03-04
Action due date
2025-03-25
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-22226
4.65%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 89 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2025-22226
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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7.1
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
2.5
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4.0
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VMware | 2025-03-04 |
CWE ids for CVE-2025-22226
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The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.Assigned by: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
References for CVE-2025-22226
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https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390
Support Content Notification - Support Portal - Broadcom support portal
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