CVE-2019-5525 (GCVE-0-2019-5525)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-06-06 19:00
Modified
2024-08-04 20:01
Severity ?
CWE
  • Use-after-free vulnerability
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
VMware VMware Workstation Version: VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0)
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