CVE-2025-41237

CRITICAL

VMware ESXi/Fusion/Workstation - Code Execution

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an integer-underflow in VMCI (Virtual Machine Communication Interface) 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 whereas, on Workstation and Fusion, this may lead to code execution on the machine where Workstation or Fusion is installed.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.3
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 29.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (9)
VMware/Cloud Foundation 9.0.0.0, 5.x, 4.5.x
VMware/ESXi 7.0 - ESXi70U3w-24784741
VMware/ESXi 8.0 - ESXi80U2e-24789317
VMware/ESXi 8.0 - ESXi80U3f-24784735
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/vSphere Foundation 9.0.0.0
VMware/Workstation 17.x - 17.6.4
Published Jul 15, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026