Out-of-bounds read in Broadcom products - CVE-2019-5516
Published: October 29, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22327
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5516
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
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 in the vertex shader functionality. A remote authenticated attacker with access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled can trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on their own VM.
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-2019-5516
Install updates from vendor's website.
VMware ESXi - addressed in versions ESXi650-201903001, ESXi670-201904101-SG
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 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