VMware Workstation/Horizon Client Cortado Thinprint out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in VMware Workstation and Horizon Client and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Cortado Thinprint. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-3988. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Workstation and Horizon Client (Virtualization Software) (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Cortado Thinprint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

VMware Workstation (15.x) and Horizon Client for Windows (5.x before 5.4.4) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Cortado ThinPrint component (JPEG2000 parser). A malicious actor with normal access to a virtual machine may be able to exploit these issues to create a partial denial-of-service condition or to leak memory from TPView process running on the system where Workstation or Horizon Client for Windows is installed.

The weakness was shared 09/16/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vmware.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-3988 since 12/30/2019. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-161336, VDB-161337, VDB-161338 and VDB-161340 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/30/2019 🔍
09/16/2020 +261 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: vmware.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-3988 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-3988
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-161339
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/17/2020 06:48
Updated: 09/17/2020 06:53
Changes: 09/17/2020 06:48 (39), 09/17/2020 06:53 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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