{"id":"CVE-2019-5521","aliases":["EUVD-2019-15096","GHSA-cphr-3j6j-hwcv"],"status":"published","title":"VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001), Workstation (15.x...","description":"VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.3 and 14.x before 14.1.6) and Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3 and 10.x before 10.1.6) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the pixel shader functionality. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers with normal user privileges to create a denial-of-service condition on the host. Exploitation of this issue require an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled. It is not enabled by default on ESXi and is enabled by default on Workstation and Fusion.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.01628,"percentile":0.76345,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-125"],"published":"2019-09-20T18:00:52Z","modified":"2026-06-17T02:37:50Z","products":[{"vendor":"vmware","product":"esxi"},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"fusion"},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"vmware esxi"},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"vmware fusion"},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"vmware workstation"},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"workstation"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0757","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0012.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5521"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cphr-3j6j-hwcv"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2019-5521","description":"VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.3 and 14.x before 14.1.6) and Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3 and 10.x before 10.1.6) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the pixel shader functionality. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers with normal user privileges to create a denial-of-service condition on the host. Exploitation of this issue require an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled. It is not enabled by default on ESXi and is enabled by default on Workstation and Fusion.","status":"published","published":"2019-09-20T18:00:52Z","modified":"2024-08-04T20:01:51.589Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:20:18.085548Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2019-15096","description":"VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.3 and 14.x before 14.1.6) and Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3 and 10.x before 10.1.6) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the pixel shader functionality. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers with normal user privileges to create a denial-of-service condition on the host. Exploitation of this issue require an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled. It is not enabled by default on ESXi and is enabled by default on Workstation and Fusion.","status":"published","published":"2019-09-20T18:00:52Z","modified":"2024-08-04T20:01:51Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:06:51.888651Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-cphr-3j6j-hwcv","title":"VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001), Workstation (15.x...","description":"VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.3 and 14.x before 14.1.6) and Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3 and 10.x before 10.1.6) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the pixel shader functionality. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers with normal user privileges to create a denial-of-service condition on the host. Exploitation of this issue require an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled. It is not enabled by default on ESXi and is enabled by default on Workstation and Fusion.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T16:56:36Z","modified":"2024-04-04T01:58:48Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-125"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:56:05.019773Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2019-5521","description":"VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.3 and 14.x before 14.1.6) and Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3 and 10.x before 10.1.6) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the pixel shader functionality. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers with normal user privileges to create a denial-of-service condition on the host. Exploitation of this issue require an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled. It is not enabled by default on ESXi and is enabled by default on Workstation and Fusion.","status":"published","published":"2019-09-20T18:15:10.74Z","modified":"2026-06-17T02:37:50.417Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":5.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-125"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:05:28.126831Z"}]}}