CVE-2019-5536

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-10-28 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201908101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201910401-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.5.0) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.0) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability in the shader functionality. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to create a denial-of-service condition on their own VM. Exploitation of this issue require an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled. It is not enabled by default on ESXi and is enabled by default on Workstation and Fusion.

Affected products

VMware ESXi: 6.5-650-201701001, 6.5-650-201703001, 6.5-650-201703002, 6.5-650-201704001, 6.5-650-201707101, 6.5-650-201707102 (+117); 6.5, 6.7
VMware Fusion: from 11.0.0 before 11.5.0 — fixed in 11.5.0
VMware Workstation: from 15.0.0 before 15.5.0 — fixed in 15.5.0
VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion: VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201908101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201910401-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.5.0) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.0)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Fusion 11.5.0; VMware Workstation 15.5.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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