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CVE-2017-4912

• 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: 2017-06-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

VMware Workstation (12.x prior to 12.5.3) and Horizon View Client (4.x prior to 4.4.0) contain multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in TrueType Font (TTF) 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.

Affected products

• VMware Horizon View: 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
• VMware Workstation: 12.0, 12.0.1, 12.1, 12.1.1, 12.5, 12.5.1 (+1)
• VMware Horizon View Client for Windows: from 4.x prior through 4.4.0
• VMware Workstation: from 12.x prior through 12.5.3

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97921
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038280
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038281
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0008.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97921
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038280
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038281
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0008.html

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