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VMware Workstation: Vulnerability (VMSA-2017-0008) (CVE-2017-4912)

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VMware Workstation: Vulnerability (VMSA-2017-0008) (CVE-2017-4912)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/19/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/19/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

VMware Workstation (12.x prior to 12.5.3) and Horizon View Client (4.x prior to 4.4.0) contain multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in TrueType Font (TTF) parser in the TPView.dll. On Workstation, this may allow a guest to execute code or perform a Denial of Service on the Windows OS that runs Workstation. In the case of a Horizon View Client, this may allow a View desktop to execute code or perform a Denial of Service on the Windows OS that runs the Horizon View Client. Exploitation is only possible if virtual printing has been enabled. This feature is not enabled by default on Workstation but it is enabled by default on Horizon View.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-workstation-upgrade-12_5_3

References

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