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CVE-2019-5540

HIGH · CVSS 7.7 EPSS 1.15% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-11-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.7. It affects VMware, VMWare. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
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CVE
CVE-2019-5540
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.7
EPSS
1.15%
VMware VMWare

Original NVD 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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