CVE-2025-41227 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-41227: Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Vendor Vmware
Product ESXi
Weakness CWE-400
Published May 20, 2025
Last update June 24, 2025

CVSS base score

5.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 20, 2025 CVE published
June 24, 2025 Record updated