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CVE-2019-5521

CRITICAL

9.6

Description

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.3 and 14.x before 14.1.6) and Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3 and 10.x before 10.1.6) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the pixel shader functionality. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers with normal user privileges to create a denial-of-service condition on the host. Exploitation of this issue require an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled. It is not enabled by default on ESXi and is enabled by default on Workstation and Fusion.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.6

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published9/20/2019

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

vmware:esxivmware:fusionvmware:workstation

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125

References

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0757(security@vmware.com)

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0012.html(security@vmware.com)

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0757(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0012.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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