CVE-2019-5524
highpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.040 · 91 %ileEURUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
4.04% (91st) EPSS
CVSS 9 · high
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
VMware Workstation (14.x before 14.1.6) and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.6) contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the e1000 virtual network adapter. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.
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cvss
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9.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
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affected products (6)
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (15)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152290/VMware-Security-Advisory-2019-0005.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/43091cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107635cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5524cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152290/VMware-Security-Advisory-2019-0005.htmlcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/VMware-ESXi-Workstation-multiple-vulnerabilities-28896cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/78266cnnvd
- https://www.vmware.com/Patchcnnvd
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