Out-of-bounds read in VMware Tools - CVE-2019-5522
Published: June 6, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18687
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5522
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
VMware Tools
VMware Tools
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the vm3dmp driver, installed with vmtools on Windows guest machines. A local non-privileged user of a Windows guest machine can use a specially crafted application to trigger out-of-bounds read and gain access to kernel memory on the same guest OS or perform denial of service attack against guest OS.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5522
Install updates from vendor's website.