Out-of-bounds Read Affecting vmware/open-vm-tools package, versions [10.0.0,10.3.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VMWAREOPENVMTOOLS-2333582
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed6 Jun 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-5522  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade vmware/open-vm-tools to version 10.3.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. VMware Tools for Windows update addresses an out of bounds read vulnerability in vm3dmp driver which is installed with vmtools in Windows guest machines. This issue is present in versions 10.2.x and 10.3.x prior to 10.3.10. A local attacker with non-administrative access to a Windows guest with VMware Tools installed may be able to leak kernel information or create a denial of service attack on the same Windows guest machine.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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