Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability in VMware Workstation and Horizon Client
CVE-2020-3986

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Vmware
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 September 2020

Summary

VMware Workstation and Horizon Client for Windows have an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Cortado ThinPrint component's EMF Parser. A potential attacker with normal access to a virtual machine may exploit this issue, leading to a partial denial-of-service condition or unauthorized memory leakage from the TPView process on affected systems.

Affected Version(s)

VMware Workstation and Horizon Client for Windows VMware Workstation (15.x), Horizon Client for Windows (5.x before 5.4.4)

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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