CVE-2019-5528
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileEURUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.70% (77th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
VMware ESXi 6.5 suffers from partial denial of service vulnerability in hostd process. Patch ESXi650-201907201-UG for this issue is available.
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cvss
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5.3
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4
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affected products (5)
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (10)
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- http://www.vmware.comcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5528cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/VMware-ESXi-denial-of-service-via-Hostd-Failed-Login-29728cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.2535/cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109130cnnvd
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0011.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109130enisa_euvd
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0011.htmlenisa_euvd
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