Heap Buffer-Overflow Vulnerability in VMware Workstation and Horizon View Client

CVE-2017-4908

What is CVE-2017-4908?

VMware Workstation (12.x versions before 12.5.3) and Horizon View Client (4.x versions before 4.4.0) are susceptible to multiple heap buffer-overflow vulnerabilities in the JPEG2000 parser within TPView.dll. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a malicious guest virtual machine to execute arbitrary code or trigger a Denial of Service on the host Windows operating system. While virtual printing, which is a feature that can increase risk, is not enabled by default on Workstation, it is activated by default in Horizon View Client environments.

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