Input validation error in VMware Horizon Client and VMware Workstation - CVE-2022-22938
Published: January 18, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59690
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 1.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22938
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
VMware Horizon Client
VMware Workstation
VMware Workstation
How to mitigate CVE-2022-22938
Install updates from vendor's website.
VMware Horizon Client - update to 5.5.3
VMware Workstation - update to 16.2.2
VMware Workstation - update to 16.2.2