CVE-2019-5540

HIGH

Vmware Workstation < 15.5.1 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.1) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.1) contain an information disclosure vulnerability in vmnetdhcp. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker on a guest VM to disclose sensitive information by leaking memory from the host process.

References (1)

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0021.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.7

EPSS 0.0022

EPSS Percentile 44.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (2)

vmware/workstation < 15.5.1

vmware/fusion < 11.5.1

Timeline

Published Nov 20, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026