Out-of-bounds read in VMware Workstation and ATIDXX64.DLL - CVE-2019-5098
Published: December 6, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23430
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5098
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition 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 read error and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Affected software
VMware Workstation
ATIDXX64.DLL
ATIDXX64.DLL
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5098
Install updates from vendor's website.