CVE-2019-5525

2019-06-0619:00:44

vmware

www.cve.org

AI Score

8.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

12.6%

JSON

VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0) contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) backend. A malicious user with normal user privileges on the guest machine may exploit this issue in conjunction with other issues to execute code on the Linux host where Workstation is installed.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "VMware Workstation",
    "vendor": "VMware",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0)"
      }
    ]
  }
]