Skip to main content

Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Curated by Mondoo Research, enhanced with AI

Resources

Search Vulnerabilities
Trending CVEs
Browse Ecosystems
Terminology
Blog

Open Source

cnquery
cnspec

Star us on GitHub!

Company

Mondoo Platform
About
Contact

© 2026 Mondoo, Inc.

Privacy Policy Terms of Service Imprint

Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2025-41236

CVE-2025-41236

CRITICAL9.3

VMXNET3 integer-overflow vulnerability

Published Jul 15, 2025

Modified 2 weeks ago

Details

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.

References

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

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-41236

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

9.3

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

ChangedS:C

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

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

Weakness Type (CWE)

Memory Safety

Out-of-bounds Write

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedJul 15, 2025

ModifiedFeb 26, 2026

CVE-2025-41236 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence