Medium severity · published Sep 16, 2020
CVE-2020-3988
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)
6.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HC
Horizon Client · Vmware
5.0.0 before 5.4.4 · source: NVD
WP
Workstation Player · Vmware
15.0.0 before 16.0.0 · source: NVD
WP
Workstation Pro · Vmware
15.0.0 before 16.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3988
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-3988
Vendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0020.html
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