CVE-2021-21988: VMware Workstation (16.x prior to 16.1.2) and Horizon Client for Windows (5.x prior to 5.5.2) contain out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Cortado ThinPrint…

PriorityP428medium6.5CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSCCHINAN

EPSS

0.45%

36.7th percentile

VMware Workstation (16.x prior to 16.1.2) and Horizon Client for Windows (5.x prior to 5.5.2) contain out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Cortado ThinPrint component (JPEG2000 Parser). A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine or remote desktop may be able to exploit these issues leading to information disclosure from the TPView process running on the system where Workstation or Horizon Client for Windows is installed.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
vmware	horizon_client	>= 5.0.0 < 5.5.2	5.5.2
vmware	workstation	>= 16.0.0 < 16.1.2	16.1.2

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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