# CVE-2019-5544: OpenSLP as used in ESXi and the Horizon DaaS appliances has a heap overwrite issue.

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2021-11-03, remediation due 2022-05-03
- Published: 2019-12-06 · Updated: 2025-10-21

## Summary

The OpenSLP service included in VMware ESXi and Horizon DaaS appliances contains a heap overwrite flaw. An attacker who can reach the service over the network could potentially overwrite memory, which may allow them to crash the service or run malicious code on the affected system.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- n/a ESXi and Horizon DaaS: ESXi 6.7 prior to patch release ESXi670-201912001, ESXi 6.5 prior to patch release ESXi650-201912001, ESXi 6.0 prior to patch release ESXi600-201912001 and Horizon DaaS 8.x prior to BZ-2467224-Disable\_SLPD\_service\_permanently\_801\_Hotfix.

## Description

OpenSLP as used in ESXi and the Horizon DaaS appliances has a heap overwrite issue. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Critical severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 9.8.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a ESXi and Horizon DaaS, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0022.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/10/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/11/2
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4240
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZPXXJZLPLAQULBCJVI5NNWZ3PGWXGXWG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DA3LYAJ2NRKMOZLZOQNDJ5TNQRFMWGHF/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0199
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-12

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