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VMware Horizon Client: CVE-2020-3989 VMware Horizon Client denial of service vulnerability (VMSA-2020-0020)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 16, 2020
Added
May 24, 2022
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

VMware Workstation (15.x) and Horizon Client for Windows (5.x before 5.4.4) contain a denial of service vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds write issue in Cortado ThinPrint component. A malicious actor with normal access to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to create a partial denial-of-service condition on the system where Workstation or Horizon Client for Windows is installed. 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 Client.

Solution

vmware-horizon-client-upgrade-5_4_4
Title
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