CVE-2019-5540 (GCVE-0-2019-5540)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-20 15:10 – Updated: 2024-08-04 20:01
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Summary
VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.1) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.1) contain an information disclosure vulnerability in vmnetdhcp. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker on a guest VM to disclose sensitive information by leaking memory from the host process.
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  • Information disclosure vulnerability
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VMware Workstation and Fusion Affected: Workstation (15.x before 15.5.1) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.1)
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