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high 7.2

CVE-2025-62627 json

An untrusted pointer dereference in the ionic cloud driver for VMWare ESXi could allow an attacker with an unprivileged VM to read kernel m…

published 5mo ago modified last mo. also EUVD-2025-209815

cvss
7.2
version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 0%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An untrusted pointer dereference in the ionic cloud driver for VMWare ESXi could allow an attacker with an unprivileged VM to read kernel memory or co-located guest VM memory, potentially resulting in loss of confidentiality or availability.

Patch / fix

  • AMD ESXi 8.x and ESXi 9.x hosts using AMD-Pensando DPU products ESXi 8.0U3i, included in VCF 5.2.3.0 or 9.0.2 releases

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
5mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 7.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:H/SC:H/SI:L/SA:H
CNA 4.0 7.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:H/SC:H/SI:L/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

  • AMD ESXi 8.x and ESXi 9.x hosts using AMD-Pensando DPU products

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-822 Untrusted Pointer Dereference

References

Sources

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