9.3Critical

CVE-2025-41236VMXNET3 integer-overflow vulnerability

VMware ESXi; VMware Cloud Foundation; VMware Workstation; VMware Fusion Published: (1 year ago)

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.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-787

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductVersions
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x, 4.5.x
VMware ESXi 8.0 – < ESXi80U3f-24784735, 8.0 – < ESXi80U2e-24789317, 7.0 – < ESXi70U3w-24784741
VMware Fusion 13.x – ≤ 13.6.4
VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure 3.x, 2.x
VMware Telco Cloud Platform 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x
VMware Workstation 17.x – < 17.6.4

References and patches