Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in VMware virtualization software with 3D graphics enabled

Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in VMware virtualization software with 3D graphics enabled

CVE-2019-5520 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.3 and 14.x before 14.1.6), Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3 and 10.x before 10.1.6) updates address an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Exploitation of this issue requires an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure.The workaround for this issue involves disabling the 3D-acceleration feature. This feature is not enabled by default on ESXi and is enabled by default on Workstation and Fusion.

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