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, allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) via TrueType fonts embedded in EMFSPOOL.
Advisories
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7963 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, allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) via TrueType fonts embedded in EMFSPOOL.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:50:46.750Z

Reserved: 2016-08-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-7083

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-12-29T09:59:00.397

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-7083

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