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…
EPSS: 0.002 (42.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
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.