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VMware Horizon Client: CVE-2019-5527 ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client use-after-free vulnerability (VMSA-2019-0014)

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VMware Horizon Client: CVE-2019-5527 ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client use-after-free vulnerability (VMSA-2019-0014)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/10/2019
Created
07/16/2022
Added
05/25/2022
Modified
06/27/2022

Description

ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the virtual sound device. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Important severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 8.5.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-horizon-client-upgrade-5_2_0

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