CVE-2019-5522

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.1HIGH
EPSS
0.1%
top 68.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Vmware ToolsVmware Vmware Tools FOR Windows
Timeline
PublishedJun 6
Latest updateMay 24

Description

VMware Tools for Windows update addresses an out of bounds read vulnerability in vm3dmp driver which is installed with vmtools in Windows guest machines. This issue is present in versions 10.2.x and 10.3.x prior to 10.3.10. A local attacker with non-administrative access to a Windows guest with VMware Tools installed may be able to leak kernel information or create a denial of service attack on the same Windows guest machine.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5vmware/vmware_tools_for_windowsVMware Tools for Windows (10.x before 10.3.10)
▶NVDvmware/tools10.0.0 — 10.3.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4wg2-q996-p3jp: VMware Tools for Windows (10↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-5522: VMware Tools for Windows update addresses an out of bounds read vulnerability in vm3dmp driver which is installed with vmtools in Windows guest machin↗2019-06-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
VMware
VMware Tools and Workstation updates address out of bounds read and use-after-free vulnerabilities. (CVE-2019-5522, CVE-2019-5525)↗2019-06-06
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CVE-2019-5522 (HIGH CVSS 7.1) | VMware Tools for Windows update add | cvebase.io