CVE-2025-41236 | THREATINT

Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an integer-overflow vulnerability in the VMXNET3 virtual network adapter. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine with VMXNET3 virtual network adapter may exploit this issue to execute code on the host. Non VMXNET3 virtual adapters are not affected by this issue.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-04-16 | Published 2025-07-15 | Updated 2026-02-26 | Assigner vmware

CRITICAL: 9.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Product status

Default status

unaffected

8.0 (custom) before ESXi80U3f-24784735

affected

8.0 (custom) before ESXi80U2e-24789317

affected

7.0 (custom) before ESXi70U3w-24784741

affected

Default status

unaffected

5.x, 4.5.x

affected

Default status

unaffected

17.x (custom) before 17.6.4

affected

Default status

unaffected

13.x (custom)

affected

Default status

unaffected

5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x

affected

Default status

unaffected

3.x, 2.x

affected

References

support.broadcom.com/...l/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/35877

cve.org (CVE-2025-41236)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-41236)

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