CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-21987
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-05-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Description
VMware Workstation (16.x prior to 16.1.2) and Horizon Client for Windows (5.x prior to 5.5.2) contain out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Cortado ThinPrint component (TTC Parser). A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine or remote desktop may be able to exploit these issues leading to information disclosure from the TPView process running on the system where Workstation or Horizon Client for Windows is installed.
Affected configurations
• vmware workstation (>= 16.0.0 < 16.1.2)
• vmware horizon client (>= 5.0.0 < 5.5.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0009.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-608/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0009.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-608/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry