CVE-2019-5521

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.6
Exploit probability—
ProductVmware Fusion
PublishedSep 20, 2019
First seenSep 20, 2019

How to fix

Update
  • vmware fusion10.1.6, 11.0.3 or later
  • vmware workstation14.1.6, 15.0.3 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 < 14.1.6, 15.0.0 ≤ v < 15.0.314.1.6, 15.0.3
vmware esxi6.5, 6.7—

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CVE-2019-5521 · Vmware Fusion · Dark Radar