CVE-2019-5540 (GCVE-0-2019-5540)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-20 15:10 – Updated: 2024-08-04 20:01
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.1) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.1) contain an information disclosure vulnerability in vmnetdhcp. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker on a guest VM to disclose sensitive information by leaking memory from the host process.
Severity
7.7 (High)
CWE
- Information disclosure vulnerability
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware | Workstation and Fusion |
Affected:
Workstation (15.x before 15.5.1) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.1)
|
guessed |
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