CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-5541
9.1 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-11-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.1) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.1) contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the e1000e virtual network adapter. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to code execution on the host from the guest or may allow attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on their own VM.
Affected configurations
• vmware workstation (>= 15.0.0 < 15.5.1)
• vmware fusion (>= 11.0.0 < 11.5.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0021.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0021.html Patch, Vendor Advisory