CVE-2025-41236 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2025-41236

VMXNET3 integer-overflow vulnerability

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ESXi, Cloud Foundation, Workstation, Fusion, Telco Cloud Platform, Telco Cloud Infrastructure
Vulnerable Versions:
8.0, 7.0, 5.x, 4.5.x, 17.x, 13.x, 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x, 3.x, 2.x

Timeline

Official Publish: July 15th, 2025
Last Modified: February 26th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)