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CVE detail

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 able to exploit this issue to leak memory from processes communicating with vSockets.

CVSS 7.1 · HighBuzz score 32.6

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 32.6

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 16.1 · diversity 16.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
16.1
4 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
16.5
4 sources across 3 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
4 source links · newest first
  • 21st July – Threat Intelligence ReportCheck Point Research

    For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 21st July, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Luxury retailer Louis Vuitton has suffered a cyber-attack that resulted in the exfiltration of certain personal data of customers from the UK, South Korea, Turkey, Italy, and Sweden after unauthorized access to […]

    vendorresearch.checkpoint.comJul 21, 2025, 6:59 PM
  • VMware patched flaws disclosed during the Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 hacking contest, where researchers earned $340,000 for exploiting them. Broadcom four vulnerabilities in VMware products demonstrated at Pwn2Own Berlin 2025. White hat hackers earned over $340,000 for VMware exploits, including $150,000 awarded to STARLabs SG for using an integer overflow flaw to compromise VMware ESXi. Below […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comJul 18, 2025, 7:51 AM
  • Four CVEs disclosed at the Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 hacking competition have been patched in VMware products.

    newswww.securityweek.comJul 17, 2025, 9:22 AM
  • No excerpt available.

    Vendor Advisorysupport.broadcom.comJul 15, 2025, 7:15 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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0 repository references · best confidence N/A · max 0 stars
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