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CVE-2019-5542

HIGH · CVSS 7.7 EPSS 0.90% 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. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

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-2019-5542
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.7
EPSS
0.90%
VMware VMWare

Original NVD Description

VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.1) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.1) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability in the RPC handler. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to create a denial-of-service condition on their own VM.

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