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ghsa-j652-46fv-w96g

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-03-04 12:30

Modified

2025-03-04 18:33

Severity ?

9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

VMware ESXi, and Workstation contain a TOCTOU (Time-of-Check Time-of-Use) vulnerability that leads to an out-of-bounds write. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.

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cve-2025-22224

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-03-04 11:56

Modified

2025-04-03 14:39

Severity ?

9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

VMware ESXi, and Workstation contain a TOCTOU (Time-of-Check Time-of-Use) vulnerability that leads to an out-of-bounds write. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	VMware	ESXi
	VMware	Workstation
	VMware	VMware Cloud Foundation
	VMware	Telco Cloud Platform
	VMware	Telco Cloud Infrastructure

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