CVE-2019-5521
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)…
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- vmware
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By vmware
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.6.
Weakness
- Out of bounds read vulnerability
- CWE-125 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-125 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG
- affected 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001
- affected 15.x before 15.0.3
- affected 14.x before 14.1.6
- affected 11.x before 11.0.3
- affected 10.x before 10.1.6
References (2)
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0757 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0012.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2019-5521)Record last updated .