CVE-2019-5542

Severity: high (CVSS 7.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-11-20 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.1) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.1) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability in the RPC handler. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges 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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