Medium severity · published May 20, 2025
CVE-2025-41227
Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
ESXi · VMware
8.0 before ESXi80U3se-24659227; 7.0 before ESXi70U3sv-24723868 · source: vendor
CF
Cloud Foundation · VMware
5.x, 4.5.x · source: vendor
FU
Fusion · VMware
13.x before 13.6.3 · source: vendor
TC
Telco Cloud Infrastructure · VMware
3.x, 2.x · source: vendor
TC
Telco Cloud Platform · VMware
5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x · source: vendor
WO
Workstation · VMware
17.x before 17.6.3 · source: vendor
Affected product
ES
ESXi
VMware
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