CVE-2019-5542 (GCVE-0-2019-5542)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-20 15:11 – Updated: 2024-08-04 20:01
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Summary
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-of-service condition on their own VM.
Severity
7.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Denial-of-service vulnerability
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Impacted products
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)
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