SB2022011815 - Denial of service in VMware Workstation and Horizon Client
Published: January 18, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022011815
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22938)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the Cortado ThinPrint component when parsing TrueType fonts. A remote attacker can trick the victim to print a specially crafted document from the guest OS and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack of the Thinprint service running on the host machine.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.