SB2019091801 - Multiple vulnerabilities in AMD ATI Radeon driver for VMware Workstation

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5049)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input. A remote attacker with access to guest operation system can pass a specially crafted pixel shader file to the AMD ATIDXX64.DLL driver for Radeon RX 550 / 550 Series, trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the host operating system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise the host operating system.

2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5098)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing untrusted input. A remote attacker with access to guest operation system can pass a specially crafted pixel shader file to the AMD ATIDXX64.DLL driver for Radeon RX 550 / 550 Series, trigger out-of-bounds read error and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0818
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0890