gsd-2019-5525
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:23
Details
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.
Aliases
Aliases



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