CVSS 3.0
6.8 mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2019-5518
Medium (6.8) in vmware. EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201903001, 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001, 6.0 before ESXi600-201903001), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.4, 14.x before 14.1.7), Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3, 10.x before 10.1.6) contain an out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability in the virtual USB 1.1 UHCI (Universal Host Controller Interface). Exploitation of this issue requires an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with a virtual USB controller present. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 56% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-125, CWE-787
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- vmware:esxi
- vmware:fusion
- vmware:workstation
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152290/VMware-Security-Advisory-2019-0005.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107541
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0005.html
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-421/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152290/VMware-Security-Advisory-2019-0005.html