CVE-2017-4908

high

Published 2017-06-08 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.8

Description

VMware Workstation (12.x prior to 12.5.3) and Horizon View Client (4.x prior to 4.4.0) contain multiple heap buffer-overflow vulnerabilities in JPEG2000 parser in the TPView.dll. On Workstation, this may allow a guest to execute code or perform a Denial of Service on the Windows OS that runs Workstation. In the case of a Horizon View Client, this may allow a View desktop to execute code or perform a Denial of Service on the Windows OS that runs the Horizon View Client. Exploitation is only possible if virtual printing has been enabled. This feature is not enabled by default on Workstation but it is enabled by default on Horizon View.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
vmware	horizon_view	`4.0`
vmware	horizon_view	`4.1`
vmware	horizon_view	`4.2`
vmware	horizon_view	`4.3`
vmware	workstation	`12.0`
vmware	workstation	`12.0.1`
vmware	workstation	`12.1`
vmware	workstation	`12.1.1`
vmware	workstation	`12.5`
vmware	workstation	`12.5.1`
vmware	workstation	`12.5.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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