CVE-2016-7084

HIGH 7.8CVE-2016-7084 · Published 29/12/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-7084 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting workstation player (vmware), workstation pro (vmware).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.5%, higher than 74.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
workstation player vmware	`= 12.0.0= 12.0.1= 12.1.0= 12.1.1`	No fix yet
workstation pro vmware	`= 12.0.0= 12.0.1= 12.1.0= 12.1.1`	No fix yet

Description

tpview.dll in VMware Workstation Pro 12.x before 12.5.0 and VMware Workstation Player 12.x before 12.5.0 on Windows, when Cortado ThinPrint virtual printing is enabled, allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) via a JPEG 2000 image.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/92934 · Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/id/1036805
vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.html · Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com/exploits/40399

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

workstation player

vmware

= 12.0.0= 12.0.1= 12.1.0= 12.1.1

No fix yet

workstation pro

vmware

= 12.0.0= 12.0.1= 12.1.0= 12.1.1

No fix yet

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