CVE-2025-41227
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.
Published:May 20, 2025
Last Modified:Apr 15, 2026
EPS:May 20, 2025
EPSS Score:0.00088
CVSS Score:5.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Vmware
Product
Esxi
Vmware
Esxi
Vendor
Vmware
Product
Fusion
Vmware
Fusion
Vendor
Vmware
Product
Workstation
Vmware
Workstation
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
