#VU9928 Out-of-bounds read in VMware Horizon and VMware Workstation - CVE-2017-4948

 

#VU9928 Out-of-bounds read in VMware Horizon and VMware Workstation - CVE-2017-4948

Published: January 10, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9928
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-4948
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
VMware Horizon
VMware Workstation
Software vendor:
VMware, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information or cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an out-of-bounds memory read error in Cortado ThinPrint ('TPView.dll'). An adjacent attacker can read arbitrary data on the host system or cause the View desktop system to crash.

Remediation

Update VMware Horizon View to version 4.7.0.
Update VMware Workstation to version 14.1.

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