CVE-2025-41238

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.

CVSS v3 9.3 CRITICAL

9.3^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.5 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/35877

Configurations

No configuration.

History

15 Jul 2025, 20:07

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-07-15 19:15

Updated : 2025-07-15 20:07

NVD link : CVE-2025-41238

Mitre link : CVE-2025-41238

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-41238

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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