Out-of-bounds read in Broadcom products - CVE-2019-5521
Published: August 2, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19920
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5521
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the pixel shader functionality. A remote unprivileged user with access to a guest operating system can trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system on perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
VMware ESXi
VMware Fusion
VMware Workstation
EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance
VMware Fusion
VMware Workstation
EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5521
Install updates from vendor's website.
VMware Fusion - addressed in versions 10.1.6, 11.0.3
VMware Workstation - addressed in versions 14.1.6, 15.0.3
EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance - update to 2.3.1
VMware Workstation - addressed in versions 14.1.6, 15.0.3
EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance - update to 2.3.1