CVE-2019-5544

Summary

CVECVE-2019-5544
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-12-06 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:11:00 UTC
DescriptionOpenSLP as used in ESXi and the Horizon DaaS appliances has a heap overwrite issue. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Critical severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 9.8.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.926880000 probability, percentile 0.997490000 (date 2026-04-02)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2021-11-03; due 2022-05-03; ransomware use Known

Problem Types: CWE-787

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorVMware
ProductVMware ESXi and Horizon DaaS
NameVMware ESXi and Horizon DaaS OpenSLP Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5544

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Application Openslp Openslp 1.2.1 All All All
Application Openslp Openslp 2.0.0 All All All
Application Openslp Openslp 1.2.1 All All All
Application Openslp Openslp 2.0.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.0 - All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.0 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.0 1a All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.0 1b All All
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Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.0 600-201504401 All All
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Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.5 650-201810001 All All
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Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.5 650-201901001 All All
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Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.5 650-201908001 All All
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Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.5 650-201911001 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.5 650-201911401 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.5 650-201911402 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.7 - All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.7 670-201806001 All All
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Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.7 670-201901402 All All
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Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.0 All All All
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Application Vmware Horizon Daas All All All All
Application Vmware Horizon Daas 8.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Horizon Daas 8.0.1 All All All
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References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMSA-2019-0022 CONFIRM www.vmware.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
OpenSLP: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202005-12) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: openslp-2.0.0-23.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE-2019-5544 openslp 1.2.1, 2.0.0 heap overflow vulnerability MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: openslp-2.0.0-22.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE-2019-5544 openslp 1.2.1, 2.0.0 heap overflow vulnerability MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: openslp-2.0.0-23.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: openslp-2.0.0-22.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

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  • 372565 VMware Horizon DaaS OpenSLP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (VMSA-2019-0022)
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