CVE-2025-0986 (GCVE-0-2025-0986)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-28 13:21 – Updated: 2025-09-01 01:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor data manipulation
Summary
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1050.00 through FW1050.30 and FW1060.00 through FW1060.20 could allow a local user, under certain Linux processor combability mode configurations, to cause undetected data loss or errors when performing gzip compression using HW acceleration.
Severity
4.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-28 13:52 UTC
CWE
- CWE-409 - Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7229349 | vendor-advisorypatch |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | PowerVM Hypervisor |
Affected:
FW1050.00 , ≤ FW1050.30
(semver)
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