CVE-2016-7080

HIGH

VMware Tools < 10.0.9 - NULL Pointer Dereference in Graphic Acceleration Functions

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The graphic acceleration functions in VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.0.9 on OS X allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7079.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92938
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036804

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 28.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (23)
vmware/tools 10.0.0
vmware/tools 10.0.5
vmware/tools 10.0.6
vmware/tools 9.0.0
vmware/tools 9.0.1
vmware/tools 9.0.5
vmware/tools 9.0.10
vmware/tools 9.0.11
vmware/tools 9.0.12
vmware/tools 9.0.13
... and 13 more
Published Dec 29, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026