CVE-2019-5519

Medium

Description

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201903001, 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001, 6.0 before ESXi600-201903001), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.4, 14.x before 14.1.7), Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3, 10.x before 10.1.6) contain a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the virtual USB 1.1 UHCI (Universal Host Controller Interface). Exploitation of this issue requires an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with a virtual USB controller present. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductVmware Fusion
PublishedApr 1, 2019
First seenApr 1, 2019

How to fix

Update
  • vmware fusion10.1.6, 11.0.3 or later
  • vmware workstation14.1.7, 15.0.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
vmware fusion10.0.0 ≤ v < 10.1.6, 11.0.0 ≤ v < 11.0.310.1.6, 11.0.3
vmware workstation14.0.0 ≤ v < 14.1.7, 15.0.0 ≤ v < 15.0.414.1.7, 15.0.4
vmware esxi6.0, 6.5, 6.7—

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