Vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation
CVE-2025-41239
VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and VMware Tools contains an information disclosure vulnerability due to the usage of an uninitialised memory in vSockets. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to leak memory from processes communicating with vSockets.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.032 (87.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.032 · change: +0.003
Affected products
- VMware Cloud Foundation — versions 5.x, 4.5.x
- VMware Esxi — versions 8.0, 7.0
- VMware Fusion — versions 13.x
- VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure — versions 3.x, 2.x
- VMware Telco Cloud Platform — versions 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x
- VMware Tools — versions 13.x.x, 12.x.x, 11.x.x,
- VMware Workstation — versions 17.x
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-41239?
- CVE-2025-41239 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2025-07-15.
- How severe is CVE-2025-41239?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-41239 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.