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Critical · 9.3 CVE-2025-41237 EUVD-2025-21543GHSA-6hwj-h56x-jhh3

VMCI integer-underflow vulnerability

Published Jul 15, 2025 · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · Assigned by vmware

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0.0.0, 5.x, 4.5.x —
VMware vSphere Foundation 9.0.0.0 —
VMware ESXi 8.0 – < ESXi80U3f-24784735, 8.0 – < ESXi80U2e-24789317, 7.0 – < ESXi70U3w-24784741 ESXi80U3f-24784735
VMware Workstation 17.x – < 17.6.4 17.6.4
VMware Fusion 13.x – < 13.6.4 13.6.4
VMware Telco Cloud Platform 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x —
VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure 3.x, 2.x —

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