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High severity7.7NVD Advisory· Published Nov 20, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-5540

CVE-2019-5540

Description

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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Affected products

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  • VMware/Fusion2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=11.0.0,<11.5.1
    • (no CPE)range: <11.5.1
  • VMware/Workstation3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=15.0.0,<15.5.1
    • (no CPE)range: <15.5.1
    • (no CPE)range: Workstation (15.x before 15.5.1) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.1)

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