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CVE-2019-5536

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-5536 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion in their shader functionality. An attacker with normal user privileges on a virtual machine can exploit this to cause a denial-of-service on that VM, provided 3D graphics are enabled. The CVSS score is 6.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and high impact on availability, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 11.0.0, < 11.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 15.0.0, < 15.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201701001:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201703001:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0212 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 21,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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-2019-0019.html
Vendor Advisory