VMware ESXi Guest VM Controlled Buffer Memory Corruption
CVE-2025-21460 Published on May 6, 2025

Improper Input Validation in Automotive Software platform based on QNX
Memory corruption while processing a message, when the buffer is controlled by a Guest VM, the value can be changed continuously.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-21460 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-21460

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Affected Versions

Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.07%
Percentile
20.76%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.