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
EPSS: 0.003 (22.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Apple Mac_os_x
- Vmware Esxi — versions 6.0, 6.5, 6.7
- Vmware Fusion
- Vmware Horizon
- Vmware Remote_console
- Vmware Workstation
- N/a 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
- security@vmware.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.