CVE-2019-5542

HIGH

VMware Workstation <15.5.1-Fusion <11.5.1 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.1) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.1) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability in the RPC handler. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to create a denial-of-service condition on their own VM.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0021.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.7
EPSS 0.0030
EPSS Percentile 53.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (2)
vmware/fusion 11.0.0 - 11.5.1
vmware/workstation 15.0.0 - 15.5.1
Published Nov 20, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026