CVE-2019-5527

high-risk
Published 2019-10-10

ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the virtual sound device. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Important severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 8.5.

Do I need to act?

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0.03% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Horizon
Horizon
Horizon

Affected Vendors

Vmware

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0014.html
Vendor Advisory https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0014.html
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 27/34 · High
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 33/34 · Critical