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CVE-2025-41239: vmware cloud_foundation Use of Uninitialized Resource

CVSS: 7.1v3.1HighDeferred
Published 15-07-2025Last modified 15-07-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-41239 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in vmware cloud_foundation. EPSS estimates a 3.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
3.16%
0%100%
Low · +0.23 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 15-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-07-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.23 pp

From 2.93% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.16%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Vmware7 products

1 vendor · 7 products

References

1 links