CVE-2025-0986

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.

CVSS v3 4.5 MEDIUM

4.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.4 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7229349	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:powervm_hypervisor::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:powervm_hypervisor::::::::

cpe:2.3:h:ibm:powervm_hypervisor:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-03-28 14:15

Updated : 2025-08-18 19:46

NVD link : CVE-2025-0986

Mitre link : CVE-2025-0986

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-0986

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ibm

powervm_hypervisor

CWE

CWE-409

Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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