VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to certain guest options. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges within a guest operating system may be able to exploit this issue by exhausting memory of the host process leading to a denial-of-service condition.
History

Tue, 20 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 20 May 2025 14:45:00 +0000

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Description VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to certain guest options. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges within a guest operating system may be able to exploit this issue by exhausting memory of the host process leading to a denial-of-service condition.
Title Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2025-05-20T14:24:29.316Z

Updated: 2025-06-24T07:13:30.222Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T09:29:46.972Z

Link: CVE-2025-41227

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-20T15:59:59.651Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-05-20T15:16:07.827

Modified: 2025-05-21T20:25:16.407

Link: CVE-2025-41227

cve-icon Redhat

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