vulnerability
VMware VMware Tools: CVE-2016-7082: Workstation EMF file handling memory corruption vulnerability via Cortado ThinPrint
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C) | Sep 13, 2016 | Aug 8, 2025 | Aug 8, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Published
Sep 13, 2016
Added
Aug 8, 2025
Modified
Aug 8, 2025
Description
VMware Workstation contains a vulnerability that may allow a Windows-based virtual machine (VM) to corrupt memory. This issue occurs due to improper handling of EMF files in tpview.dll. Exploitation of this issue may lead to arbitrary code execution in the hypervisor OS. The severity of this issue has changed to Low from Critical as the exploitation of the issue requires a custom registry value to be added on the host machine.
Solution
vmware-tools-upgrade-latest
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