Arbitrary Code Execution and Denial of Service via JPEG 2000 Image in VMware Workstation Pro and Player

Arbitrary Code Execution and Denial of Service via JPEG 2000 Image in VMware Workstation Pro and Player

CVE-2016-7084 · MEDIUM Severity

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

tpview.dll in VMware Workstation Pro 12.x before 12.5.0 and VMware Workstation Player 12.x before 12.5.0 on Windows, when Cortado ThinPrint virtual printing is enabled, allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) via a JPEG 2000 image.

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