CVE-2016-7081

HIGH

VMware Workstation Pro and Player 12.x - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow via Cortado ThinPrint Virtual Printing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in VMware Workstation Pro 12.x before 12.5.0 and VMware Workstation Player 12.x before 12.5.0 on Windows, when Cortado ThinPrint virtual printing is enabled, allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via unspecified vectors.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036805
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92935

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 40.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (8)
vmware/workstation_player 12.0.0
vmware/workstation_player 12.0.1
vmware/workstation_player 12.1.0
vmware/workstation_player 12.1.1
vmware/workstation_pro 12.0.0
vmware/workstation_pro 12.0.1
vmware/workstation_pro 12.1.0
vmware/workstation_pro 12.1.1
Published Dec 29, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026