VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-41227

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.17%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-05-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • security@vmware.com: CWE-400

Primary references