VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS. A malicious actor with administrative privileges to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to leak memory from the vmx process.
Advisories
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-7605 VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS. A malicious actor with administrative privileges to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to leak memory from the vmx process.
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Solution

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History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.04449}

epss

{'score': 0.0362}


Tue, 04 Mar 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2025-03-04'}


Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-125
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000

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Description VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS. A malicious actor with administrative privileges to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to leak memory from the vmx process.
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2025-07-30T01:36:18.577Z

Reserved: 2025-01-02T04:29:59.190Z

Link: CVE-2025-22226

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-04T13:48:53.469Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-03-04T12:15:33.973

Modified: 2025-03-05T02:00:02.390

Link: CVE-2025-22226

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No data.

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Updated: 2025-07-13T11:07:16Z