{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-07-24T18:45:02+00:00","cve":"CVE-2019-5525","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2019-5525","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2019-5525.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5525","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5525"},"summary":{"title":"CVE-2019-5525","description":"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.","state":"PUBLIC","assigner":"security@vmware.com","published_at":"2019-06-06 19:29:00","updated_at":"2019-06-10 15:46:00"},"problem_types":["CWE-416"],"metrics":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0009.html","name":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0009.html","refsource":"CONFIRM","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"title":"VMSA-2019-0009","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108674","name":"108674","refsource":"BID","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"title":"VMware Workstation CVE-2019-5525 Local Code Execution Vulnerability","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5525","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5525","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"5525","vulnerable":"-1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"linux","cpe5":"linux_kernel","cpe6":"-","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"5525","vulnerable":"0","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"linux","cpe5":"linux_kernel","cpe6":"-","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"5525","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"vmware","cpe5":"workstation","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2019","cve_id":"5525","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"vmware","cpe5":"workstation","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"data_type":"CVE","data_format":"MITRE","data_version":"4.0","CVE_data_meta":{"ID":"CVE-2019-5525","ASSIGNER":"security@vmware.com","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"vendor_name":"VMware","product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"VMware Workstation","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0)"}]}}]}}]}},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"Use-after-free vulnerability"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"refsource":"CONFIRM","name":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0009.html","url":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0009.html"},{"refsource":"BID","name":"108674","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108674"}]},"description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"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."}]}},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2019-06-06 19:29:00","lastModifiedDate":"2019-06-10 15:46:00","problem_types":["CWE-416"],"metrics":{"baseMetricV3":{"cvssV3":{"version":"3.0","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"CHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"exploitabilityScore":2,"impactScore":6},"baseMetricV2":{"cvssV2":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","accessVector":"LOCAL","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"COMPLETE","integrityImpact":"COMPLETE","availabilityImpact":"COMPLETE","baseScore":7.2},"severity":"HIGH","exploitabilityScore":3.9,"impactScore":10,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":false}},"configurations":{"CVE_data_version":"4.0","nodes":[{"operator":"AND","children":[{"operator":"OR","children":[],"cpe_match":[{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"15.0.0","versionEndExcluding":"15.1.0","cpe_name":[]}]},{"operator":"OR","children":[],"cpe_match":[{"vulnerable":false,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]}]}],"cpe_match":[]}]}},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2019","CveId":"5525","Ordinal":"143145","Title":"CVE-2019-5525","CVE":"CVE-2019-5525","Year":"2019"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2019","CveId":"5525","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"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.","Type":"Description","Title":null},{"CveYear":"2019","CveId":"5525","Ordinal":"2","NoteData":"2019-06-06","Type":"Other","Title":"Published"},{"CveYear":"2019","CveId":"5525","Ordinal":"3","NoteData":"2019-06-07","Type":"Other","Title":"Modified"}]}}}