{ "data_type": "CVE", "data_format": "MITRE", "data_version": "4.0", "CVE_data_meta": { "ID": "CVE-2019-5525", "ASSIGNER": "security@vmware.com", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "vendor_name": "VMware", "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "VMware Workstation", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0)" } ] } } ] } } ] } }, "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" } ] }, "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." } ] } }