fkie_cve-2025-41227
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-05-20 15:16
Modified
2025-05-21 20:25
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
References
security@vmware.comhttps://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25717
Impacted products
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      "value": "VMware ESXi,\u00a0Workstation, and Fusion contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to certain guest options.\u00a0A 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."
    },
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      "value": "VMware ESXi, Workstation y Fusion presentan una vulnerabilidad de denegaci\u00f3n de servicio debido a ciertas opciones de invitado. Un agente malicioso con privilegios no administrativos dentro de un sistema operativo invitado podr\u00eda explotar este problema agotando la memoria del proceso del host, lo que provoca una condici\u00f3n de denegaci\u00f3n de servicio."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2025-41227",
  "lastModified": "2025-05-21T20:25:16.407",
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          "baseScore": 5.5,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
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