vulnerability
VMware Workstation: Vulnerability (VMSA-2019-0021) (CVE-2019-5540)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Nov 21, 2019 | Nov 21, 2019 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 21, 2019
Added
Nov 21, 2019
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.1) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.1) contain an information disclosure vulnerability in vmnetdhcp. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker on a guest VM to disclose sensitive information by leaking memory from the host process.
Solution
vmware-workstation-upgrade-15_5_1
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