#VU109486 Resource exhaustion in VMware ESXi - CVE-2025-41227

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#VU109486 Resource exhaustion in VMware ESXi - CVE-2025-41227

Published: May 20, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU109486
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-41227
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
VMware ESXi
Software vendor:
VMware, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A malicious guest can trigger resource exhaustion of the host process.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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