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CVE-2025-41227

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Summary

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 Score
5.5
Medium
EPSS Score
0.0
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2025-05-20
First Seen: 2026-01-05
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Lower Risk - more severe than 32.7% of all 322,087 vulnerabilities in our database.

#216,919
Below average severity
Severity Percentile
🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: May 20, 2025
🔍 Exploitation Status
None
No known exploits
⚙️ Automatable
NO
Requires human interaction
💥 Technical Impact
Partial
Limited system impact
SSVC data provided by CISA
Last Modified 2025-05-21
Source NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE IDs (Weakness Types)
CWE-400

📦 Affected Products 7

Vendor Product Status Affected Versions
vmware workstation Affected
≥ 17.x < 17.6.3
vmware fusion Affected
≥ 13.x < 13.6.3
vmware esxi Affected
≥ 7.0 < ESXi70U3sv-24723868
vmware esxi Affected
≥ 8.0 < ESXi80U3se-24659227
vmware cloud_foundation Affected
v5.x,_4.5.x
vmware telco_cloud_platform Affected
v5.x,_4.x,_3.x,_2.x
vmware telco_cloud_infrastructure Affected
v3.x,_2.x

🔗 References 1

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content...

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