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CVE-2019-5527

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-5527 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the virtual sound device affecting VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC, and Horizon Client. This vulnerability carries a high CVSSv3 base score of 8.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity that can lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 67/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting limited public attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
< 5.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
< 5.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
>= 10.0.0, < 10.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:remote_console:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
>= 10.0.0, < 10.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:remote_console:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.0
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0014.html
Vendor Advisory