CVE-2025-41227 – VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Denial-of-Service Memory Exhaustion Vulnerability

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CVE-2025-41227 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    May. 20, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-400
    Added Reference https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25717
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