Vulnerability · Published Sep 16, 2020 · Assigned by vmware

CVE-2020-3987

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-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 23% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 (EMR STRETCHDIBITS 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	VMware Workstation and Horizon Client for Windows	VMware Workstation (15.x), Horizon Client for Windows (5.x before 5.4.4)

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0020.html x_refsource_MISC