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VMware Horizon Client: CVE-2021-21987 (VMSA-2021-0009)

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VMware Horizon Client: CVE-2021-21987 (VMSA-2021-0009)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/24/2021
Created
07/16/2022
Added
05/24/2022
Modified
06/27/2022

Description

VMware Workstation (16.x prior to 16.1.2) and Horizon Client for Windows (5.x prior to 5.5.2) contain out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Cortado ThinPrint component (TTC Parser). A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine or remote desktop may be able to exploit these issues leading to information disclosure from the TPView process running on the system where Workstation or Horizon Client for Windows is installed.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-horizon-client-upgrade-5_5_2

References

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