VMware fixes 3 vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion

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[TLP:CLEAR] VMware fixes 3 vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion

VMware fixes 1 critical and 2 high-severity vulnerabilities in its products VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion [1]. Vulnerable products and their fixes: VMware ESXi - ESXi80U3d-24585383, ESXi80U2d-24585300, ESXi70U3s-24585291 [1] VMware Workstation - 17.6.3 [1] VMware Fusion - 13.6.3 [1] Remediation procedures for products within the VMware Cloud Foundation and Telco Cloud Platform cloud platforms are available at [2][3].

VMware ESXi, Workstation - VMCI heap overflow (CVE-2025-22224)

CVSS 9.3 (Critical)

An unauthenticated local attacker with administrator privileges on a virtual machine can execute code as the VMX process of the virtual machine running on the host in VMware ESXi and Workstation [1].

The vulnerability is present in products:

*:VMware ESXi; =8.0; =7.0
*:VMware Workstation; >=17.0, <17.6.3

CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

More information:

CVE-2025-22224 at cve.org, NVD
CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition at cwe.mitre.org

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 4. 3. 2025.

VMware ESXi - arbitrary write (CVE-2025-22225)

CVSS 8.2 (High)

An authenticated local attacker with privileges within the VMX process can trigger an arbitrary write to the kernel in VMware ESXi, which may lead to a sandbox escape [1].

The vulnerability is present in product:

*:VMware ESXi; =8.0; =7.0

CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

More information:

CVE-2025-22225 at cve.org, NVD
CWE-123: Write-what-where Condition at cwe.mitre.org

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 4. 3. 2025.

VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion - information disclosure (CVE-2025-22226)

CVSS 7.1 (High)

An unauthenticated local attacker with administrator privileges on a virtual machine can cause a memory leak from the VMX process in VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion [1].

The vulnerability is present in products:

*:VMware ESXi; =8.0; =7.0
*:VMware Workstation; >=17.0, <17.6.3
*:VMware Fusion; >=13.0, <13.6.3

CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

More information:

CVE-2025-22226 at cve.org, NVD
CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read at cwe.mitre.org

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 4. 3. 2025.

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By CESNET, z.s.p.o. Michaela Jarošová on 5. 3. 2025.

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[TLP:CLEAR] VMware fixes 3 vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion

VMware ESXi, Workstation - VMCI heap overflow (CVE-2025-22224)

CVSS 9.3 (Critical)

VMware ESXi - arbitrary write (CVE-2025-22225)

CVSS 8.2 (High)

VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion - information disclosure (CVE-2025-22226)

CVSS 7.1 (High)

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