CVE-2019-5521

CriticalCVSS 9.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.3 and 14.x before 14.1.6) and Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3 and 10.x before 10.1.6) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the pixel shader functionality. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers with normal user privileges to create a denial-of-service condition on the host. Exploitation of this issue require an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled. It is not enabled by default on ESXi and is enabled by default on Workstation and Fusion.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.6/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
VMware	VMware ESXi	6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG; 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001
VMware	VMware Workstation	15.x before 15.0.3; 14.x before 14.1.6
VMware	VMware Fusion	11.x before 11.0.3; 10.x before 10.1.6

References

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0757Third Party Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0012.htmlVendor Advisory
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0757Third Party Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0012.htmlVendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 20, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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