CVE-2016-7079

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-12-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-476

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.

Affected products

VMware Tools: through 10.0.8; 10.0.0, 10.0.5, 10.0.6, 9.0.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.5 (+16)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92938
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036804
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92938
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036804
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.html

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