{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 5 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5527 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5527 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2019-5527 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, published on 10 Oct 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2019-5527 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2019-5527 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, published on 10 Oct 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5527 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Vmware Esxi. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5527/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5527/index.md)","id":"CVE-2019-5527","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5527/index.md","name":"CVE-2019-5527","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-r6hj-459q-h63h"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VMware virtualization software","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A use-after-free in the virtual sound device allows attackers to execute code or escalate privileges in VMware virtualization products.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"vmware","cpe":[{"product":"esxi","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"fusion","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"horizon","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"remote_console","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"workstation","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-416","name":"Use After Free"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Use after free in ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client","id":"CVE-2019-5527","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"vmware:esxi","products":["vmware:esxi","vmware:fusion","vmware:workstation"],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2019"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"VMware ESXi 6.5 suffers from partial denial of service vulnerability in hostd process.","id":"CVE-2019-5528"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in VMware Workstation","id":"CVE-2019-5526"},"products":["ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client"],"published":"2019-10-10","related":[{"cvss_score":2.7,"headline":"Broadcom VMWare ESX Insufficient Logging","id":"CVE-2026-41709","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-07-30"},{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"Information disclosure in VMware ESXi","id":"CVE-2019-5521","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-09-20"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Use-after-free vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-22252","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-03-05"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in ESXi","id":"CVE-2020-3955","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-04-29"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Auth bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2010-4573","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2010-12-22"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation, and VMware Fusion","id":"CVE-2018-6981","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-12-04"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"A use-after-free in the virtual sound device allows attackers to execute code or escalate privileges in VMware virtualization products.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5527/"}