Use After Free in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2019-5527
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.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (21.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 21.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X
- VMware Esxi — versions 6.0, 6.5, 6.7
- VMware Fusion
- VMware Horizon
- VMware Remote Console
- VMware Workstation
- Esxi, Workstation, Fusion, Vmrc And Horizon Client — versions ESXi 6.7. 6.5, 6.0, Workstation 15.x, Fusion 11.x, VMRC 10.x and Horizon Client 5.x and prior
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0014.html (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-5527?
- CVE-2019-5527 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-10-10.
- How severe is CVE-2019-5527?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.