VMware Workstation/Player up to 9.0.3 on Windows TrueType Font memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in VMware Workstation and Player on Windows. Impacted is an unknown function of the component TrueType Font Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-7083. The attack must be carried out locally. In addition, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in VMware Workstation and Player on Windows (Virtualization Software). This issue affects an unknown code of the component TrueType Font Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 09/13/2016 by Mateusz Jurczyk (window) with Google as VMSA-2016-0014 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at vmware.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-7083 since 08/23/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93521 (VMware Workstation 12.x < 12.5.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2016-0014)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370136 (VMware Workstation Pro and Player Multiple Vulnerabilities. (VMSA-2016-0014)).

Upgrading to version 12.5.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (40398), Tenable (93521), SecurityFocus (BID 92934†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1036805†). See VDB-91611, VDB-91612, VDB-91614 and VDB-91615 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 93521
Nessus Name: VMware Workstation 12.x < 12.5.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2016-0014)
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OpenVAS ID: 103239
OpenVAS Name: VMSA-2016-0014: VMware ESXi updates address multiple security issues
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Workstation/Player 12.5.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: VMSA-2016-0014
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczyk (window)
Organization: Google
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7083 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7083
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91613
SecurityFocus: 92934 - Multiple VMware Workstation Products Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036805

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/14/2016 20:45
Updated: 04/21/2025 21:09
Changes: 09/14/2016 20:45 (75), 04/17/2019 11:24 (16), 09/16/2022 16:41 (3), 04/21/2025 21:09 (15)
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