CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-4936

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

VMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) and Horizon View Client for Windows (4.x before 4.6.1) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in JPEG2000 parser in TPView.dll. This may allow a guest to execute code or perform a Denial of Service on the Windows OS that runs Workstation or Horizon View Client.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to unauthorized code execution or disruption of the operating system, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update VMware Workstation to version 12.5.8 or later and Horizon View Client to version 4.6.1 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

VMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) and Horizon View Client for Windows (4.x before 4.6.1) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in JPEG2000 parser in the TPView.dll. On Workstation, this may allow a guest to execute code or perform a Denial of Service on the Windows OS that runs Workstation. In the case of a Horizon View Client, this may allow a View desktop to execute code or perform a Denial of Service on the Windows OS that runs the Horizon View Client.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS