CVE-2025-41238
PVSCSI heap-overflow vulnerability
CRITICAL 9.3
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.46 % · percentile 40 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- vmware
- NVD status
- Deferred
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | vmware |
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · security@vmware.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-21542
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-41238
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0592 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| VMware · ESXi | affected 8.0 < ESXi80U3f-24784735 ; affected 8.0 < ESXi80U2e-24789317 ; affected 7.0 < ESXi70U3w-24784741 |
| VMware · Cloud Foundation | affected 5.x, 4.5.x |
| VMware · Workstation | affected 17.x < 17.6.4 |
| VMware · Fusion | affected 13.x < 13.6.4 |
| VMware · Telco Cloud Platform | affected 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x |
| VMware · Telco Cloud Infrastructure | affected 3.x, 2.x |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |