Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability in VMware Workstation and Horizon View Client

CVE-2017-4936 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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