CVE-2019-5540 Information disclosure in Workstation and Fusion
An attacker in a guest VM can leak host memory to disclose sensitive information via the vmnetdhcp component.
- 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-2019-5540?
CVE-2019-5540 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Fusion, published on 20 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5540?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Vmware Fusion, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5540?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5540 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-5540 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5540 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Fusion
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3qmj-8cpx-9xxp.