CVE-2019-5535 — Improper Input Validation in Vmware Fusion

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation4 documents4 sources
Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Vmware FusionVmware WorkstationVmware Workstation AND Fusion
Timeline
PublishedOct 10
Latest updateMay 24

Description

VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a network denial-of-service vulnerability due to improper handling of certain IPv6 packets. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Moderate severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 4.7.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5vmware/vmware_workstation_and_fusionVMware Workstation 15.x and Fusion 11.x
▶NVDvmware/fusion11.0.0 — 11.5.0
▶NVDvmware/workstation15.0.0 — 15.5.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-wpc3-hcvp-r9g8: VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a network denial-of-service vulnerability due to improper handling of certain IPv6 packets↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-5535: VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a network denial-of-service vulnerability due to improper handling of certain IPv6 packets↗2019-10-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
VMware
VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client updates address use-after-free and denial of service vulnerabilities. (CVE-2019-5527, CVE-2019-5535)↗2019-09-19
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