What is CVE-2019-5535?

CVE-2019-5535 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Fusion. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2019-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2019-5535?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Vmware Fusion

CVE-2019-5535

VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a network denial-of-service vulnerability due to improper handling of certain IPv6 packets. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Moderate severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 4.7.

EPSS: 0.005 (38.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Vmware Fusion
Vmware Workstation
N/a Vmware Workstation And Fusion — versions VMware Workstation 15.x and Fusion 11.x

References

security@vmware.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5535?: CVE-2019-5535 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Fusion. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2019-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2019-5535?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.