Medium severity · published Apr 15, 2019
CVE-2019-5517
VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.3 and 14.x before 14.1.6), Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3 and 10.x before…
6.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.3 and 14.x before 14.1.6), Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3 and 10.x before 10.1.6) contain multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in the shader translator. Exploitation of these issues requires an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled. Successful exploitation of these issues may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers with normal user privileges to create a denial-of-service condition on their own VM. The workaround for these issues involves disabling the 3D-acceleration feature. This feature is not enabled by default on ESXi and is enabled by default on Workstation and Fusion.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
ESXi · VMware
6.5; 6.5; 6.5; 6.5; 6.5; 6.5; +34 more · source: NVD
FU
Fusion · Vmware
10.0.0 before 10.1.6; 11.0.0 before 11.0.3 · source: NVD
WO
Workstation · Vmware
14.0.0 before 14.1.6; 15.0.0 before 15.0.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5517
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5517
Patch
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0006.html
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