CVE-2025-41236 (GCVE-0-2025-41236)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-15 18:34 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:50
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Title
VMXNET3 integer-overflow vulnerability
Summary
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.
Severity ?
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
VMware ESXi Affected: 8.0 , < ESXi80U3f-24784735 (custom)
Affected: 8.0 , < ESXi80U2e-24789317 (custom)
Affected: 7.0 , < ESXi70U3w-24784741 (custom)
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VMware Cloud Foundation Affected: 5.x, 4.5.x
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VMware Workstation Affected: 17.x , < 17.6.4 (custom)
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VMware Fusion Affected: 13.x , ≤ 13.6.4 (custom)
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VMware Telco Cloud Platform Affected: 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x
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VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure Affected: 3.x, 2.x
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Date Public ?
2025-07-15 03:30
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