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CVE-2019-5540

HIGH
7.7
CVSS Score
Published: November 20, 2019 at 03:10 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:37 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationFusion· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
HIGH7.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Fusion· VMware
95%
11.0.0 ≤ v < 11.5.1
Affected range stops below 11.5.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
apple-macos (environment)
Workstation· VMware
95%
v < 15.5.115.0.0 ≤ v < 15.5.1
Affected range stops below 15.5.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0021.html

CVSS

7.7HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-401

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