CVE-2025-41227 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Vmware Esxi
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 20
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6