vulnerability
VMware Horizon Client: CVE-2018-6970 Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Message Framework library (VMSA-2018-0019)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Aug 13, 2018 | May 25, 2022 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Aug 13, 2018
Added
May 25, 2022
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
VMware Horizon 6 (6.x.x before 6.2.7), Horizon 7 (7.x.x before 7.5.1), and Horizon Client (4.x.x and prior before 4.8.1) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Message Framework library. Successfully exploiting this issue may allow a less-privileged user to leak information from a privileged process running on a system where Horizon Connection Server, Horizon Agent or Horizon Client are installed. Note: This issue doesn't apply to Horizon 6, 7 Agents installed on Linux systems or Horizon Clients installed on non-Windows systems.
Solution
vmware-horizon-client-upgrade-4_8_1
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