Vulnerability · Published Jul 15, 2025 · Assigned by vmware
CVE-2025-41239vSockets information-disclosure vulnerability
High 7.1
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Cloud Foundation from VMware. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.2% (higher than 88% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)3.2%top 12.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| VMware | ESXi | 8.0 – before ESXi80U3f-247847358.0 – before ESXi80U2e-247893177.0 – before ESXi70U3w-24784741 |
| VMware | Cloud Foundation | 5.x, 4.5.x |
| VMware | Workstation | 17.x – before 17.6.4 |
| VMware | Fusion | 13.x – before 13.6.4 |
| VMware | Telco Cloud Platform | 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x |
| VMware | Telco Cloud Infrastructure | 3.x, 2.x |
| VMware | Tools | 13.x.x – before 13.0.1.012.x.x, 11.x.x, – before 12.5.3 |
Weakness: CWE-908 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N