CVE-2019-55449.8CriticalCWE-787

CVE-2019-5544: VMware ESXi SLP - Heap Overflow DoS

VMware · ESXi and Horizon DaaS

Vendor fix available · Affected: VMware ESXi and Horizon DaaS · Exploitation: in CISA KEV since 3 Nov 2021

Known ransomware use

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

ExploitationIn CISA KEV

In CISA KEVCISA KEV catalogue3 Nov 2021
Exploited (reported): not seen
Scanning observed: not seen
Proof of concept public: not seen
Not established: not seen

98.1%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

99th percentile

050100

Higher than 99% of scored CVEs

9.8CriticalCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

ESXi and Horizon DaaSESXi 6.7 prior to patch release ESXi670-201912001, ESXi 6.5…

On the Atlas

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Open the Atlas

Exploitation: Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue.
CISA KEV: Listed since 3 Nov 2021 · known ransomware use · catalogue entry
Public check: VMware ESXi SLP - Heap Overflow DoS · nuclei template in projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates
Weakness: Out-of-bounds Write · Memory Corruption
Vendor: VMware
Published: December 2019
Band: Exploited in the wild, December 2019

What changed

5 Nov
CISA’s KEV entry now notes known ransomware use CISA
3 Nov 2021
CISA added it to the KEV catalogue CISA

CoverageNo articles yet

No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2019-5544 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.