Vulnerability · Published Mar 28, 2025 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2025-0986IBM PowerVM Hypervisor data manipulation
Medium 4.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in PowerVM Hypervisor from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| IBM | PowerVM Hypervisor | FW1050.00 – through FW1050.30FW1060.00 – through FW1060.20 |
Weakness: CWE-409 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7229349 vendor-advisory, patch