CVE-2021-21989 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Cortado ThinPrint component (TTC Parser) affecting VMware Workstation (prior to 16.1.2) and Horizon Client for Windows (prior to 5.5.2). This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating that a local attacker with access to a virtual machine or remote desktop could exploit it to achieve information disclosure from the TPView process. While the attack complexity is low, successful exploitation requires local access and does not involve user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public 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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