CVE-2019-5516 Information disclosure in ESXi
Attackers with VM access can exploit a vertex shader bug to disclose information or cause denial of service if 3D graphics are enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5516?
CVE-2019-5516 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, published on 15 Apr 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.3 and 14.x before 14.1.6), Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3 and 10.x before 10.1.6) updates address an out-of-bounds vulnerability with the vertex shader functionality. Exploitation of this issue requires an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers with normal user privileges to create a denial-of-service condition on their own VM. The workaround for this issue involves disabling the 3D-acceleration feature. This feature is not enabled by default on ESXi and is enabled by default on Workstation and Fusion.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5516?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Vmware Esxi, Vmware Fusion, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5516?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5516 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-5516 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5516 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esxi
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f2rq-wf7h-frf4.