PT-2016-7201

CVE-2016-7082

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Published

2016-12-29

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Updated

2017-07-30

Description by

CVSS 3.1
7.8
High
MetricsAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Workstation Pro versions 12.0 through 12.4 VMware Workstation Player versions 12.0 through 12.4
Description The issue allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service via an EMF file when Cortado ThinPrint virtual printing is enabled. This can result in host OS memory corruption.
Recommendations For VMware Workstation Pro versions 12.0 through 12.4, update to version 12.5.0 or later. For VMware Workstation Player versions 12.0 through 12.4, update to version 12.5.0 or later.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Related identifiers
CVE-2016-7082
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