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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108674 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0009.html | Vendor Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published: 2019-06-06T19:00:44
Updated: 2019-06-07T09:06:03
Reserved: 2019-01-07T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2019-5525
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2019-06-06T19:29:00.893
Modified: 2019-06-10T15:46:36.307
Link: CVE-2019-5525
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE