CVE-2017-4909: Buffer Overflow
First published: Thu Jun 08 2017(Updated: )
VMware Workstation (12.x prior to 12.5.3) and Horizon View Client (4.x prior to 4.4.0) contain a heap buffer-overflow vulnerability in TrueType Font (TTF) 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. Exploitation is only possible if virtual printing has been enabled. This feature is not enabled by default on Workstation but it is enabled by default on Horizon View.
Credit: security@vmware.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| VMware Horizon View | =4.0 | |
| VMware Horizon View | =4.1 | |
| VMware Horizon View | =4.2 | |
| VMware Horizon View | =4.3 | |
| VMware Workstation | =12.0 | |
| VMware Workstation | =12.0.1 | |
| VMware Workstation | =12.1 | |
| VMware Workstation | =12.1.1 | |
| VMware Workstation | =12.5 | |
| VMware Workstation | =12.5.1 | |
| VMware Workstation | =12.5.2 |
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Reference Links
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/references
- vendor/vmware
- canonical/vmware horizon view
- version/vmware horizon view/4.0
- version/vmware horizon view/4.1
- version/vmware horizon view/4.2
- version/vmware horizon view/4.3
- canonical/vmware workstation
- version/vmware workstation/12.0
- version/vmware workstation/12.0.1
- version/vmware workstation/12.1
- version/vmware workstation/12.1.1
- version/vmware workstation/12.5
- version/vmware workstation/12.5.1
- version/vmware workstation/12.5.2