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CVE-2019-5542

HIGH
7.7
CVSS Score
Published: November 20, 2019 at 03:11 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:37 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationFusion

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Severity
HIGH7.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

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.

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
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

Remediation

No guide yet

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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
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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