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CVE-2017-4936

• 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: 2017-11-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

VMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) and Horizon View Client for Windows (4.x before 4.6.1) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in JPEG2000 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.

Affected products

• VMware Horizon View: 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 (+2)
• VMware Workstation: 12.0.0, 12.0.1, 12.1, 12.1.1, 12.5, 12.5.1 (+6)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101892
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039835
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039836
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0018.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101892
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039835
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039836
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0018.html

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