cvelist/2019/5xxx/CVE-2019-5525.json

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        "ID": "CVE-2019-5525",
        "ASSIGNER": "security@vmware.com",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
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                {
                    "vendor_name": "VMware",
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "VMware Workstation",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0)"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
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                }
            ]
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    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "Use-after-free vulnerability"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "name": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0009.html",
                "url": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0009.html"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "BID",
                "name": "108674",
                "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108674"
            }
        ]
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    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0) contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) backend. A malicious user with normal user privileges on the guest machine may exploit this issue in conjunction with other issues to execute code on the Linux host where Workstation is installed."
            }
        ]
    }
}