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CVE-2025-41238

CRITICAL
Published 2025-07-15T18:34:48.818Z
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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 a heap-overflow vulnerability in the PVSCSI (Paravirtualized SCSI) controller that leads to an out of-bounds write. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host. On ESXi, the exploitation is contained within the VMX sandbox and exploitable only with configurations that are unsupported. On Workstation and Fusion, this may lead to code execution on the machine where Workstation or Fusion is installed.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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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 a heap-overflow vulnerability in the PVSCSI (Paravirtualized SCSI) controller that leads to an out of-bounds write. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host. On ESXi, the exploitation is contained within the VMX sandbox and exploitable only with configurations that are unsupported. On Workstation and Fusion, this may lead to code execution on the machine where Workstation or Fusion is installed.

Affected Products (ENISA)

vmware
esxi

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

0.020
probability

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

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⚠ Unreviewed CRITICAL

GHSA-x6g2-w5w8-r8xx

Advisory Details

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a heap-overflow vulnerability in the PVSCSI (Paravirtualized SCSI) controller that leads to an out of-bounds write. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host. On ESXi, the exploitation is contained within the VMX sandbox and exploitable only with configurations that are unsupported. On Workstation and Fusion, this may lead to code execution on the machine where Workstation or Fusion is installed.

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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3 posts
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: 2025-07-15T18:34:48.818Z
Last Modified: 2025-07-16T03:56:00.818Z
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