IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW950-1060 Denial of Service & Memory Disclosure
CVE-2025-36035 Published on September 14, 2025
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor denial of service
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW950.00 through FW950.E0, FW1050.00 through FW1050.50, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.40 could allow a local privileged user to cause a denial of service by issuing a specially crafted IBM i hypervisor call that would disclose memory contents or consume excessive memory resources.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-36035 can be exploited with local system access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-36035
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Affected Versions
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor:- Version FW950.00, <= FW950.E0 is affected.
- Version FW1050.00, <= FW1050.50 is affected.
- Version FW1060.00, <= FW1060.40 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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.