VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0) contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) backend.

published 2019-06-06 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-15100

cvss: 8.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

vmware workstation 15.1.0

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Exploit prediction

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

VMware VMware Workstation

Classification

Weakness

CWE-416 Use After Free

Technology feeds

VMware rss critical rss

References

vmware.com /security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0009.html
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/108674
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-5525
NVD CVE-2019-5525

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