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CVE-2025-41236

CRITICAL
Published 2025-07-15T18:34:12.719Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
9.3
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

EU Vulnerability Database

Monitored by ENISA for EU cybersecurity

EU Coordination

EU Coordinated

Exploitation Status

No Known Exploitation

ENISA Analysis

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.

Affected Products (ENISA)

vmware
workstation

ENISA Scoring

CVSS Score (3.1)

9.3
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

0.030
probability

Data provided by ENISA EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated: July 16, 2025

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed CRITICAL

GHSA-vvjv-89cj-78fr

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

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

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: July 15, 2025, Modified: July 15, 2025

Social Media Intelligence

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5 posts
Reddit 1 week, 3 days ago
crstux
Exploit

🔥 Top 10 Trending CVEs (13/08/2025) Here’s a quick breakdown of the 10 most interesting vulnerabilities trending today: **1. [CVE-2024-53141](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53141)** - 📝 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ipset: add missing range check in bitmap_ip_uadt When tb[IPSET_ATTR_IP_TO] is not present but tb[IPSET_ATTR_CIDR] exists, the values …

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Reddit 1 week, 4 days ago
crstux
Exploit

🔥 Top 10 Trending CVEs (12/08/2025) Here’s a quick breakdown of the 10 most interesting vulnerabilities trending today: **1. [CVE-2025-32724](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32724)** - 📝 Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) Denial of Service Vulnerability - 📅 **Published:** 10/06/2025 - 📈 **CVSS:** 7.5 - 🧭 **Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - 📣 **Mentions:** 4 - ⚠️ …

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Reddit 1 month ago
OnePunchMan1979
PoC

4 fallos de seguridad críticos corregidos en VMware Workstation Pro **Las opciones de virtualización en Linux son, como seguramente ya sabe, variadas, más aún desde que VMware hizo que su software Workstation Pro sea completamente gratuito para descargar y usar en Windows y Linux, incluso para fines comerciales, sin necesidad …

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Reddit 1 month, 1 week ago
TronFan

Heads up - New VMware CRITICAL Security Advisory multiple CVE's in multiple products ranging from 6.2 to 9.3 https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/35877 VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41236, CVE-2025-41237, CVE-2025-41238, CVE-2025-41239).

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Reddit 1 month, 1 week ago
freethought-60

VMSA-2025-0013 New VMware CRITICAL Security Advisory For those interested, here is an excerpt from the bulletin: VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41236, CVE-2025-41237, CVE-2025-41238, CVE-2025-41239), CVSSv3 Range: 6.2-9.3 Here is the link to the advisory: [https://app.sw.broadcom.com/e/er?utm\_campaign=VCF\_FY25\_VCF\_SecurityAlert-VMSA-2025-0013\_MKT\_CM\_3645&utm\_content=VCF\_FY25\_VCF\_VMSA-2025-0013\_3645\_SecurityAlert\_MKT\_TRANS\_EM\_6845&utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=eloqua&s=3805888&lid=9775&elqTrackId=71A8805D6E7DD49817E441A69FDA985C&elq=8a922490b650442d9f2ddab089d0b4b9&elqaid=6845&elqat=1&elqak=8AF512B54AAE632B53831F1C7A3874469659983C711ACB59050CCCE8EC37C732E39E](https://app.sw.broadcom.com/e/er?utm_campaign=VCF_FY25_VCF_SecurityAlert-VMSA-2025-0013_MKT_CM_3645&utm_content=VCF_FY25_VCF_VMSA-2025-0013_3645_SecurityAlert_MKT_TRANS_EM_6845&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eloqua&s=3805888&lid=9775&elqTrackId=71A8805D6E7DD49817E441A69FDA985C&elq=8a922490b650442d9f2ddab089d0b4b9&elqaid=6845&elqat=1&elqak=8AF512B54AAE632B53831F1C7A3874469659983C711ACB59050CCCE8EC37C732E39E)

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Published: 2025-07-15T18:34:12.719Z
Last Modified: 2025-07-16T03:55:58.257Z
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