Out-of-bounds read in Broadcom products - CVE-2019-5520
Published: October 30, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22410
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5520
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 affected system. A remote 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.
Affected software
VMware ESXi
VMware Fusion
VMware Workstation
VMware Fusion
VMware Workstation
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5520
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
VMware Fusion - addressed in versions 10.1.6, 11.0.3
VMware Workstation - addressed in versions 14.1.6, 15.0.3