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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.3 Critical

CVE-2025-41236

VMXNET3 integer-overflow vulnerability

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
vmware

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

VMware ESXi

Default version status: unaffected

  • 8.0 to < ESXi80U3f-24784735affected
  • 8.0 to < ESXi80U2e-24789317affected
  • 7.0 to < ESXi70U3w-24784741affected

VMware Cloud Foundation

Default version status: unaffected

  • 5.x, 4.5.xaffected

VMware Workstation

Default version status: unaffected

  • 17.x to < 17.6.4affected

VMware Fusion

Default version status: unaffected

  • 13.x to ≤ 13.6.4affected

VMware Telco Cloud Platform

Default version status: unaffected

  • 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.xaffected

VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure

Default version status: unaffected

  • 3.x, 2.xaffected

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