Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Published May 20, 2025
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.16%
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.
Affected products
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- Version 5.x, 4.5.xStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
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- Version 7.0StatusaffectedConstraints<ESXi70U3sv-24723868
- Version 8.0StatusaffectedConstraints<ESXi80U3se-24659227
- Version
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- Version 13.xStatusaffectedConstraints<13.6.3
- Version
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- Version 3.x, 2.xStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
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- Version 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.xStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
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- Version 17.xStatusaffectedConstraints<17.6.3
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||
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| VMware | Cloud Foundation | unaffected |
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| VMware | ESXi | unaffected |
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| VMware | Fusion | unaffected |
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| VMware | Telco Cloud Infrastructure | unaffected |
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| VMware | Telco Cloud Platform | unaffected |
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| VMware | Workstation | unaffected |
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No data.
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v2.0 score for this CVE.
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed May 20, 2025 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2025–2026- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (3 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.16% (0.00164) | 5.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.14% (0.00145) | 4.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 21, 2025 | 0.01% (0.00013) | 1.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
References (1)
Change history (0)
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