CVE-2019-5542 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting VMware Workstation (versions prior to 15.5.1) and Fusion (versions prior to 11.5.1) within their RPC handler. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.7 (High), indicating that an attacker with normal user privileges can remotely trigger a denial-of-service condition on their own virtual machine with low attack complexity. There is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) available, and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog. Furthermore, there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.0.0, < 11.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.0.0, < 15.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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