Vulnerability · Published Mar 17, 2020 · Assigned by vmware

CVE-2020-3951

Low 3.8

In plain English

A low-severity security flaw in VMware Workstation and Horizon Client for Windows. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)3.8Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.2) and Horizon Client for Windows (5.x and prior before 5.4.0) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to a heap-overflow issue in Cortado Thinprint. Attackers with non-administrative access to a guest VM with virtual printing enabled may exploit this issue to create a denial-of-service condition of the Thinprint service running on the system where Workstation or Horizon Client is installed.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	VMware Workstation and Horizon Client for Windows	VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.2) and Horizon Client for Windows (5.x and prior before 5.4.0)

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0005.html x_refsource_MISC