Vulnerability Details CVE-2019-5525
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 40.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
Products affected by CVE-2019-5525
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:15.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:15.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:15.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:15.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:15.0.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-