#VU19920 Out-of-bounds read in VMware, Inc products - CVE-2019-5521
Published: August 2, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19920
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5521
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
VMware Fusion
VMware Workstation
VMware ESXi
VMware Fusion
VMware Workstation
VMware ESXi
Software vendor:
VMware, Inc
VMware, Inc
Description
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.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.