Medium severity · published Mar 28, 2025
CVE-2025-0986
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1050.00 through FW1050.30 and FW1060.00 through FW1060.20 could allow a local user, under certain Linux processor combability mode configurations, to…
4.4
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1050.00 through FW1050.30 and FW1060.00 through FW1060.20 could allow a local user, under certain Linux processor combability mode configurations, to cause undetected data loss or errors when performing gzip compression using HW acceleration.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
Powervm Hypervisor · Ibm
fw1050.00 through fw1050.30; fw1060.00 through fw1060.20 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0986
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0986
Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7229349
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