CVE-2019-5542

VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.1) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.1) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability in the RPC handler. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to create a denial-of-service condition on their own VM.

CVSS v3 7.7 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

7.7^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

4.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0021.html	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-11-20 16:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 20:39

NVD link : CVE-2019-5542

Mitre link : CVE-2019-5542

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-5542

JSON object : View

Products Affected

vmware

workstation
fusion

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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