CVE-2016-7084 describes a critical memory corruption vulnerability in tpview.dll affecting VMware Workstation Pro and Player 12.x on Windows when Cortado ThinPrint virtual printing is enabled. A guest OS user could exploit this by providing a specially crafted JPEG 2000 image, leading to arbitrary code execution on the host OS or a denial of service. The vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a high-impact flaw that can be exploited with low privileges and high attack complexity, resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Its EPSS score is low, suggesting a low probability of exploitation in the wild. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog or currently active on any hot lists, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB (EDB-40399). Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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