CVE-2016-2077

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2016-2077 · Published 18/05/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-2077 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting player (vmware), workstation (vmware).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
player vmware	`= 7.0= 7.1= 7.1.1= 7.1.2`	No fix yet
workstation vmware	`= 11.0= 11.1= 11.1.1= 11.1.2`	No fix yet

Description

VMware Workstation 11.x before 11.1.3 and VMware Player 7.x before 7.1.3 on Windows incorrectly access an executable file, which allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via unspecified vectors.

References

securitytracker.com/id/1035900
vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0005.html · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

player

vmware

= 7.0= 7.1= 7.1.1= 7.1.2

No fix yet

workstation

vmware

= 11.0= 11.1= 11.1.1= 11.1.2

No fix yet

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