Out-of-bounds write in VMware Workstation - CVE-2019-5049
Published: September 17, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21156
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5049
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
VMware Workstation
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5049
Install updates from vendor's website.