What is CVE-2019-5520?

CVE-2019-5520 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2019-04-15.

How severe is CVE-2019-5520?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Vmware Esxi

CVE-2019-5520

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.3 and 14.x before 14.1.6), Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3 and 10.x before 10.1.6) updates address an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Exploitation of this issue requires an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure.The workaround for this issue involves disabling the 3D-acceleration feature. This feature is not enabled by default on ESXi and is enabled by default on Workstation and Fusion.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.010 (60.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Vmware Esxi — versions 6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG, 6.7, 6.5
Vmware Fusion — versions 11.x before 11.0.3, 10.x before 10.1.6
Vmware Workstation — versions 15.x before 15.0.3, 14.x before 14.1.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

security@vmware.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
security@vmware.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5520?: CVE-2019-5520 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2019-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2019-5520?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.