CVE-2017-4948

Published Jan 5, 2018

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description
VMware Workstation (14.x before 14.1.0 and 12.x) and Horizon View Client (4.x before 4.7.0) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in TPView.dll. On Workstation, this issue in conjunction with other bugs may allow a guest to leak information from host or may allow for a Denial of Service on the Windows OS that runs Workstation. In the case of a Horizon View Client, this issue in conjunction with other bugs may allow a View desktop to leak information from host or may allow for 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.
Source
security@vmware.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.1
Impact score
5.2
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.6
Impact score
9.2
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-125

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations