CVE-2019-5535
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a network denial-of-service vulnerability due to improper...
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a network denial-of-service vulnerability due to improper handling of certain IPv6 packets. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Moderate severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 4.7.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a network denial-of-service vulnerability due to improper handling of certain IPv6 packets. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Moderate severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 4.7.
- Record
CVE-2019-5535- CVSS 3.1
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 2.9 Low
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a network denial-of-service vulnerability due to improper handling of certain IPv6 packets. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Moderate severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 4.7.
- Record
CVE-2019-5535- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-15110 No score
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a network denial-of-service vulnerability due to improper handling of certain IPv6 packets. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Moderate severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 4.7.
- Record
EUVD-2019-15110- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wpc3-hcvp-r9g8 No score
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a network denial-of-service vulnerability due to improper...
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a network denial-of-service vulnerability due to improper handling of certain IPv6 packets. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Moderate severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 4.7.
- Record
GHSA-wpc3-hcvp-r9g8- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-5535 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.7) in Vmware Fusion, published October 10, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.48%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.