CVE-2019-5536 Denial of service in VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion
Attackers with normal user privileges can cause a denial-of-service condition on their own virtual machine 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-2019-5536?
CVE-2019-5536 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, published on 28 Oct 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201908101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201910401-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.5.0) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.0) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability in the shader functionality. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to create a denial-of-service condition on their own VM. Exploitation of this issue require an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled. It is not enabled by default on ESXi and is enabled by default on Workstation and Fusion.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5536?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Vmware Esxi, Vmware Fusion, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5536?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5536 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-5536 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5536 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esxi
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c3gx-v2m9-m8vc.