Vulnerability in Esxi And Horizon Daas

CVE-2019-5544

OpenSLP as used in ESXi and the Horizon DaaS appliances has a heap overwrite issue. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Critical severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 9.8.

EPSS: 0.925 (99.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • N/a Esxi And Horizon Daas — versions ESXi 6.7 prior to patch release ESXi670-201912001, ESXi 6.5 prior to patch release ESXi650-201912001, ESXi 6.0 prior to patch release ESXi600-201912001 and Horizon DaaS 8.x prior to BZ-2467224-Disable_SLPD_service_permanently_801_Hotfix.

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on . CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: .

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Known ransomware campaign use: yes.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5544?
CVE-2019-5544 is a vulnerability in Esxi And Horizon Daas. Published 2019-12-06.
Is CVE-2019-5544 known to be exploited?
Yes. CVE-2019-5544 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03), indicating it is being actively exploited. 14 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.