CVE-2025-22225 - VMware ESXi
AI Vulnerability ContextVMware 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.
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CISA KEVHIGH
- CVE ID
- CVE-2025-22225
- Vendor/project
- VMware
- Product
- ESXi
- Vulnerability name
- VMware ESXi Arbitrary Write Vulnerability
- Date added
- 2025-03-04
- Due date
- 2025-03-25
- Known ransomware campaign use
- Known
- CVSS v3
- 8.2
CWE-123
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NVD CVE pagehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22225CVE API docshttps://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilitiesData feedshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/data-feedsCataloghttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogData repositoryhttps://github.com/cisagov/kev-datasecurity@vmware.comhttps://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-22225