High severity · published Jul 15, 2025
CVE-2025-41239
vSockets information-disclosure vulnerability
7.1
CVSS
3.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.2% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
ESXi · VMware
8.0 before ESXi80U3f-24784735; 8.0 before ESXi80U2e-24789317; 7.0 before ESXi70U3w-24784741 · source: vendor
CF
Cloud Foundation · VMware
5.x, 4.5.x · source: vendor
FU
Fusion · VMware
13.x before 13.6.4 · source: vendor
TC
Telco Cloud Infrastructure · VMware
3.x, 2.x · source: vendor
TC
Telco Cloud Platform · VMware
5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x · source: vendor
TO
Tools · VMware
13.x.x before 13.0.1.0; 12.x.x, 11.x.x, before 12.5.3 · source: vendor
WO
Workstation · VMware
17.x before 17.6.4 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41239
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-41239
support.broadcom.com
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/35877
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