CVE-2025-22225 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2025-22225

VMware ESXi contains an arbitrary write vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

VMware ESXi, VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware Telco Cloud Platform, VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure
Vulnerable Versions:
8.0, 7.0, 5.x, 4.5.x, 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x, 3.x, 2.x

Timeline

Official Publish: March 4th, 2025
Last Modified: February 26th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.