VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-5540

CVSS score7.7 HIGH
EPSS probability1.15%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-11-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Primary references