CVE-2016-7082

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

VMware Workstation Pro 12.x before 12.5.0 and VMware Workstation Player 12.x before 12.5.0 on Windows, when Cortado ThinPrint virtual printing is enabled, allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) via an EMF file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92934Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036805
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92934Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036805
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.htmlVendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 29, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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