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VMware Player: Vulnerability (VMSA-2019-0021) (CVE-2019-5541)

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VMware Player: Vulnerability (VMSA-2019-0021) (CVE-2019-5541)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/20/2019
Created
11/30/2019
Added
11/29/2019
Modified
11/29/2019

Description

VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.1) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.1) contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the e1000e virtual network adapter. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to code execution on the host from the guest or may allow attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on their own VM.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-player-upgrade-15_5_1

References

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