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Status published
Medium
CVE-2025-41227
Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
VMware
View all reports →Affected Software
ESXi, Cloud Foundation, Telco Cloud Platform, Telco Cloud Infrastructure, Workstation, Fusion
Vulnerable Versions:
8.0, 7.0, 5.x, 4.5.x, 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x, 3.x, 2.x, 17.x, 13.x
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 20th, 2025
Last Modified:
June 24th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H