Critical severity9.3NVD Advisory· Published Jul 15, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2025-41238
CVE-2025-41238
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.
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1- ZDI-26-190: (Pwn2Own) VMware Workstation PVSCSI Heap-based Buffer Overflow Local Privilege Escalation VulnerabilityZero Day Initiative · Mar 16, 2026