CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-3988
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-09-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.6 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Description
VMware Workstation (15.x) and Horizon Client for Windows (5.x before 5.4.4) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Cortado ThinPrint component (JPEG2000 parser). A malicious actor with normal access to a virtual machine may be able to exploit these issues to create a partial denial-of-service condition or to leak memory from TPView process running on the system where Workstation or Horizon Client for Windows is installed.
Affected configurations
• vmware horizon client (>= 5.0.0 < 5.4.4)
• vmware workstation player (>= 15.0.0 < 16.0.0)
• vmware workstation pro (>= 15.0.0 < 16.0.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0020.html Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0020.html Vendor Advisory