Is CVE-2019-5527 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2019-5527 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2019-5527?

CVE-2019-5527 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2019-5527?

CVE-2019-5527 has an EPSS score of 0.30% (22th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2019-5527?

Upgrade fusion to 11.5.0 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-5527

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-416Use After Free

How to fix

Remediation Available

fusionNVD

Affected:>= 11.0.0, < 11.5.0Fixed in:11.5.0CVE-2019-5527derived from NVD

horizonNVD

Affected:< 5.2.0Fixed in:5.2.0CVE-2019-5527derived from NVD

remote consoleNVD

Affected:>= 10.0.0, < 10.0.5Fixed in:10.0.5CVE-2019-5527derived from NVD

workstationNVD

Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.5.0Fixed in:15.5.0CVE-2019-5527derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.30%probability of exploitation in 30 days

22ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 22% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

vmware.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-416 (Use After Free) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2019-0708	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-31166	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-5119	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2010-3962	High	8.1	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2015-0313	Critical	9.8	96%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2017-9798	High	7.5	95%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.