CVE-2019-5525

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0) contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) backend. A malicious user with normal user privileges on the guest machine may exploit this issue in conjunction with other issues to execute code on the Linux host where Workstation is installed.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2019-5525
  • Assigner
  • security@vmware.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-06-06T19:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-06-10T15:46:36
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-416 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.0.0 15.1.0
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2
  • Impact Score
  • 6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0009.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108674 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5525
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5525
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:50:45 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 21:48:07 2019-06-06T19:29Z 2019-06-06T19:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 21:48:07 2019-06-10T15:46:36 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 21:48:07 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated