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VMSA-2019-0014: VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client updates address use-after-free and denial-of-service vulnerabilities. (CVE-2019-5527)

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VMSA-2019-0014: VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client updates address use-after-free and denial-of-service vulnerabilities. (CVE-2019-5527)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/08/2019
Created
10/09/2019
Added
10/08/2019
Modified
10/21/2019

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-esxi60-upgrade-14513180
  • vmware-esxi65-upgrade-13004031
  • vmware-esxi67-upgrade-13006603

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