CVE-2019-5535

low-risk

Published 2019-10-10

VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a network denial-of-service vulnerability due to improper handling of certain IPv6 packets. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Moderate severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 4.7.

Do I need to act?

0.07% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 4.7/10 Medium

ADJACENT_NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Fusion

Workstation

Affected Vendors

Vmware

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0014.html

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low-risk

Severity 16/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 7/34 · Low