VMware Security Response Center

Security updates NVIDIA GPU Display Driver – CVE-2019-5685

Greetings from the VMware Security Response Center!

We wanted to make you aware that NVIDIA has released a security bulletin entitled NVIDIA GPU Display Driver – August 2019 documenting CVE-2019-5685.

This CVE has been shown to affect VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion. Therefore, we wanted to make sure you were informed of this issue so that it can be appropriately resolved. In addition, enterprise customers should check the NVIDIA Enterprise Dashboard for additional information.

Customers should review the available documentation and direct technical inquiries to VMware Support for further assistance.