What is CVE-2019-5528?

CVE-2019-5528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Esxi. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-07-11.

How severe is CVE-2019-5528?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in VMware Esxi

CVE-2019-5528

VMware ESXi 6.5 suffers from partial denial of service vulnerability in hostd process. Patch ESXi650-201907201-UG for this issue is available.

Published 2019-07-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (77.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-26.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

VMware Esxi — versions 6.7, 6.5, ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201907201-UG

References

www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0011.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/109130 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5528?: CVE-2019-5528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Esxi. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-07-11.
How severe is CVE-2019-5528?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.