VDB-133418 · CVE-2019-5516 · BID 107541

VMware ESXi/Workstation/Fusion Vertex Shader out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion. Affected is an unknown function of the component Vertex Shader. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-5516. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion (Virtualization Software) (unknown version). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Vertex Shader. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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), Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3 and 10.x before 10.1.6) updates address an out-of-bounds vulnerability with the vertex shader functionality. Exploitation of this issue requires an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled. 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 their own VM. The workaround for this issue involves disabling the 3D-acceleration feature. This feature is not enabled by default on ESXi and is enabled by default on Workstation and Fusion.

The bug was discovered 04/11/2019. The weakness was presented 04/15/2019 by Richard Zhu with Fluoroacetate (Website). The advisory is available at vmware.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-5516 since 01/07/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371743 (VMware Workstation (14.x,15.x), Fusion (10.x,11.x) Multiple Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2019-0006)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 107541†). See VDB-132693, VDB-132694, VDB-133419 and VDB-133420 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/07/2019 🔍
03/21/2019 +73 days 🔍
04/11/2019 +21 days 🔍
04/15/2019 +4 days 🔍
04/16/2019 +1 days 🔍
05/29/2020 +409 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: vmware.com
Researcher: Richard Zhu
Organization: Fluoroacetate
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-5516 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-5516
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-133418
SecurityFocus: 107541 - Multiple VMware Products CVE-2019-5518 Out of Bounds Read Write Local Code Execution Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/16/2019 10:39
Updated: 05/29/2020 18:56
Changes: 04/16/2019 10:39 (62), 05/29/2020 18:56 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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