vulnerability
VMware Fusion: VMware Workstation and Fusion out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability (VMSA-2016-0019) (CVE-2016-7461)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Nov 15, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 15, 2016
Added
Nov 15, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
The drag-and-drop (aka DnD) function in VMware Workstation Pro 12.x before 12.5.2 and VMware Workstation Player 12.x before 12.5.2 and VMware Fusion and Fusion Pro 8.x before 8.5.2 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access on the host OS) via unspecified vectors.
Solution
vmware-fusion-upgrade-8_5_2
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