CVE security advisories and vulnerability history for tools by vmware.
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vmware tools has 24 published CVE records since 2014, of which 2 are in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and 3 have a known public exploit. The average CVSS base score across scored CVEs is 7.0.
This page aggregates every publicly disclosed vulnerability (CVE) affecting vmware tools, with a severity breakdown, the affected and patched versions, the most common weakness types, and the full CVE list. Affected platforms include Windows.
How the CVSS severity of vmware tools's CVEs breaks down, plus how many are exploited in the wild or have public exploit code.
15 additional CVEs have no CVSS severity score.
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
2
2 of vmware tools's CVEs are confirmed exploited in the wild.
Public exploits
3
3 of vmware tools's CVEs have a known public exploit available.
Browse every vmware tools version named in a CVE, then pick one to see only the CVEs that affect it.
24 CVEs
Added to CISA KEV 2025-10-30
Added to CISA KEV 2023-06-23
The CWE weakness categories most often found in vmware tools CVEs. Follow any weakness for its full explanation.
How many vmware tools CVEs were published each year.
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Common questions about vmware tools vulnerabilities.
vmware tools has 24 published CVE records since 2014.
Yes — 2 of vmware tools's CVEs are listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirmed exploited in the wild and carrying a CISA remediation deadline.
Yes — 3 of vmware tools's CVEs have a known public exploit.
20 distinct vmware tools versions are named across its CVEs. Use the version filter above to see the CVEs affecting a specific version.
vmware tools's CVEs most often map to these CWE weakness types: CWE-267 (Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions), CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management), CWE-287 (Improper Authentication), CWE-347 (Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature).
The average CVSS base score across vmware tools's scored CVEs is 7.0.
Vulnerability data is sourced from the CVE Program; severity, KEV, and exploit signals are aggregated by RadicalNotion.AI.
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