9.3
/ 10
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2025-41238
Source
vmware
Published
Jul 15, 2025 at 18:34
Modified
Jul 16, 2025 at 03:56
Affected Product
Vendor
VMware
Product
ESXi
Version
8.0
Affected Versions
VMware ESXi 8.0
VMware ESXi 8.0
VMware ESXi 7.0
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x, 4.5.x
VMware Workstation 17.x
VMware Fusion 13.x
VMware Telco Cloud Platform 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x
VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure 3.x, 2.x
VMware ESXi 8.0
VMware ESXi 7.0
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x, 4.5.x
VMware Workstation 17.x
VMware Fusion 13.x
VMware Telco Cloud Platform 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x
VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure 3.x, 2.x