PT-2016-7201 · Vmware · Vmware Workstation Player+1

Published 2016-12-29 · Updated 2017-07-30 · CVE-2016-7082

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Workstation Pro versions 12.0 through 12.4 VMware Workstation Player versions 12.0 through 12.4

Description The issue allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service via an EMF file when Cortado ThinPrint virtual printing is enabled. This can result in host OS memory corruption.

Recommendations For VMware Workstation Pro versions 12.0 through 12.4, update to version 12.5.0 or later. For VMware Workstation Player versions 12.0 through 12.4, update to version 12.5.0 or later.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-7082

Affected Products

Vmware Workstation

Vmware Workstation Player

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7082 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7082 · Security Note
• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036805 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92934 · Note