CVE-2021-21988 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Cortado ThinPrint component (JPEG2000 Parser) affecting VMware Workstation (prior to 16.1.2) and Horizon Client for Windows (prior to 5.5.2). This medium-severity vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 6.5, allows a malicious actor with virtual machine or remote desktop access to disclose information from the TPView process. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 16.0.0, < 16.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.0.0, < 5.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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