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CVE-2019-5525

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Published: Jun 6, 2019Modified: Nov 21, 2024

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Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 2.0 / Impact: 6.0
Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Vmware: Workstation
Vmware
1 product
Workstation
Configuration A
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Workstation
From 15.0.0 to 15.1.0
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Linux
Linux Kernel
All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-416
Use After Free
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

References (4)

Source: security@vmware.com
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: security@vmware.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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