CVE-2025-62623 (GCVE-0-2025-62623)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-13 02:58 – Updated: 2026-05-14 14:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A heap-based buffer overflow in the ionic cloud driver for VMware ESXi could allow an attacker to achieve privilege escalation, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-13 00:00 UTC
CWE
- CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD | ESXi 8.x and ESXi 9.x hosts using AMD-Pensando DPU products |
Unaffected:
ESXi 8.0U3i, included in VCF 5.2.3.0 or 9.0.2 releases
|
Date Public
2026-05-14 14:37
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