CVE-2019-5527

High

Description

ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the virtual sound device. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Important severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 8.5.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductVmware Horizon
PublishedOct 10, 2019
First seenOct 10, 2019

How to fix

Update
  • vmware horizon5.2.0 or later
  • vmware remote_console10.0.5 or later
  • vmware workstation15.5.0 or later
  • vmware fusion11.5.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
vmware horizonv < 5.2.05.2.0
vmware remote_console10.0.0 ≤ v < 10.0.510.0.5
vmware workstation15.0.0 ≤ v < 15.5.015.5.0
vmware fusion11.0.0 ≤ v < 11.5.011.5.0
vmware esxi6.0, 6.5, 6.7—

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