CVE-2019-5525
highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.004 · 38 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (3)
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references (11)
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108674cnnvd
- http://www.vmware.comcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5525cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/VMware-Workstation-Linux-use-after-free-via-ALSA-Backend-29472cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.2043/cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108674cnnvd
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0009.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108674enisa_euvd
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