VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-22225

CVSS score8.2 HIGH
EPSS probability1.02%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2025-03-04
Last modified2026-08-04
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Known Exploited Vulnerability

VMware ESXi Arbitrary Write Vulnerability

Vendor / product: VMware / ESXi

Description

VMware ESXi contains an arbitrary write vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process may trigger an arbitrary kernel write leading to an escape of the sandbox.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-123

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