What is CVE-2019-5542?

CVE-2019-5542 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Fusion. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2019-11-20.

How severe is CVE-2019-5542?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Vmware Fusion

CVE-2019-5542

VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.1) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.1) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability in the RPC handler. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to create a denial-…

EPSS: 0.009 (55.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Vmware Fusion
Vmware Workstation
Vmware Workstation And Fusion — versions Workstation (15.x before 15.5.1) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.1)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5542?: CVE-2019-5542 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Fusion. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2019-11-20.
How severe is CVE-2019-5542?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.