CVE-2016-7079

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.1%
top 71.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Vmware Tools
Timeline
PublishedDec 29
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The graphic acceleration functions in VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.0.9 on OS X allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7080.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDvmware/tools10.0.8+22

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-wxpj-3x4g-grwp: The graphic acceleration functions in VMware Tools 9↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2016-7079: The graphic acceleration functions in VMware Tools 9↗2016-12-29
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CVE-2016-7079 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | The graphic acceleration functions | cvebase.io