CVE-2019-5541

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-11-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.1) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.1) contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the e1000e virtual network adapter. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to code execution on the host from the guest or may allow attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on their own VM.

Affected products

VMware Fusion: from 11.0.0 before 11.5.1 — fixed in 11.5.1
VMware Workstation: from 15.0.0 before 15.5.1 — fixed in 15.5.1
VMware Workstation and Fusion: Workstation (15.x before 15.5.1) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.1)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Fusion 11.5.1; VMware Workstation 15.5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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