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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-21539 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.
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History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00014}


Tue, 15 Jul 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 15 Jul 2025 18:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title vSockets information-disclosure vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-908
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2025-07-15T18:51:58.342Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T09:30:17.798Z

Link: CVE-2025-41239

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-15T18:51:20.329Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-07-15T19:15:22.557

Modified: 2025-07-15T20:07:28.023

Link: CVE-2025-41239

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-16T21:35:16Z