CyberRota Analysis
This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It affects VMware, VMWare, ESXi. It is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, indicating confirmed active exploitation in the wild. Its EPSS score suggests a 96.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
CISA KEV Details
Status: This CVE is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Ransomware use: Known
Added to KEV: 2021-11-03
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CVE
CVE-2019-5544
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
96.82%
VMware VMWare ESXi
Original NVD Description
OpenSLP 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.
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