Out-of-bounds Read Vulnerability in VMware Workstation and Horizon Client

CVE-2020-3988

What is CVE-2020-3988?

VMware Workstation 15.x and Horizon Client for Windows (versions prior to 5.4.4) are susceptible to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability within the Cortado ThinPrint component, specifically in the JPEG2000 parser. This vulnerability could allow a malicious user with normal access to a virtual machine to induce a partial denial-of-service condition or potentially leak sensitive memory data from the TPView process on the host system that operates VMware Workstation or Horizon Client.

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