Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in VMware Workstation and Horizon Client

CVE-2020-3951

Summary

VMware Workstation and Horizon Client for Windows are susceptible to a denial-of-service attack due to a heap overflow vulnerability in Cortado Thinprint. This issue allows attackers with non-administrative access to a guest VM with virtual printing enabled to exploit the weakness, potentially leading to a denial-of-service condition affecting the Thinprint service on the host system. Users of the affected versions should apply the latest updates to mitigate this risk.

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