CVE-2025-0986

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor data manipulation

Published Mar 28, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 4.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-8616 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ibm powervm Hypervisor
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:h:ibm:powervm_hypervisor:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:powervm_hypervisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ibm powervm Hypervisor
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title IBM PowerVM Hypervisor data manipulation
First Time appeared Ibm
Ibm power9 System Firmware
Weaknesses CWE-409
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power9_system_firmware:fw1050.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power9_system_firmware:fw1050.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power9_system_firmware:fw1060.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power9_system_firmware:fw1060.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ibm
Ibm power9 System Firmware
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
ibm
Published
Updated
Sep 1, 2025, 1:00 AM
Reserved
Feb 3, 2025, 1:48 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 28, 2025, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:27 AM