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CVE-2015-2336

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-06-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

TPView.dll in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.6 and 11.x before 11.1.1, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.6 and 7.x before 7.1.1, and VMware Horizon Client 3.2.x before 3.2.1, 3.3.x, and 5.x local-mode before 5.4.2 on Windows does not properly allocate memory, which allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0897.

Affected products

• VMware Fusion: 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5 (+2)
• VMware Horizon Server: 3.2.0, 3.3
• VMware Horizon View Client: 5.4, 5.4.1
• VMware Player: 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5 (+2)
• VMware Workstation: 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4, 10.0.5 (+2)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75095
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032529
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032530
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0004.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75095
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032529
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032530
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0004.html

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