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CVE-2019-5525

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CVE-2019-5525

Published: Jun 6, 2019

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0) contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) backend. A malicious user with normal user privileges on the guest machine may exploit this issue in conjunction with other issues to execute code on the Linux host where Workstation is installed.

VendorProductVersions

VMware

VMware Workstation

affected
VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0)

References

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