CVE-2019-5527
highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.003 · 23 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the virtual sound device. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Important severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 8.5.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (15)
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- n/a ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client≤ ESXi 6.7. 6.5, 6.0, Workstation 15.x, Fusion 11.x, VMRC 10.x and Horizon Client 5.x and priorenisa_euvdEU
also known as (5)
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sources
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5527cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154535/VMware-Security-Advisory-2019-0014.htmlcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/VMware-ESXi-Workstation-two-vulnerabilities-30378cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.3564/cnnvd
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0014.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0014.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0014.htmlVendor Advisorynvd
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