VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Information Disclosure Vulnerability
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS. Successful exploitation allows an attacker with administrative privileges to a virtual machine to leak memory from the vmx process.
- Vendor
- VMware
- Product
- ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion
- CVSS
- 7.1
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 1.7%
- Status
- kev
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds read in HGFS. Successful exploitation allows an attacker with administrative privileges to a virtual machine to leak memory from the vmx process.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-03-04. Required action per CISA: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Due date: 2025-03-25.
This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.