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.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors Products
Fedoraproject Subscribe
Openslp Subscribe
Openslp Subscribe
Enterprise Linux Subscribe
Enterprise Linux Desktop Subscribe
Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Subscribe
Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus Subscribe
Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Subscribe
Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus Subscribe
Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Subscribe
Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus Subscribe
Enterprise Linux Server Subscribe
Enterprise Linux Server Aus Subscribe
Enterprise Linux Server Eus Subscribe
Enterprise Linux Server Tus Subscribe
Enterprise Linux Workstation Subscribe
Horizon Daas Subscribe
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2025-1 openslp-dfsg security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4919-1 OpenSLP vulnerability
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000


Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:30:00 +0000


Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0000


Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.87066}

epss

{'score': 0.85354}


Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2021-11-03'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:35:56.590Z

Reserved: 2019-01-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-5544

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T20:01:51.272Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2019-12-06T16:15:11.467

Modified: 2025-10-30T19:52:21.363

Link: CVE-2019-5544

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2019-12-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-5544 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses