CVE-2020-3951

LowCVSS 3.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.2) and Horizon Client for Windows (5.x and prior before 5.4.0) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to a heap-overflow issue in Cortado Thinprint. Attackers with non-administrative access to a guest VM with virtual printing enabled may exploit this issue to create a denial-of-service condition of the Thinprint service running on the system where Workstation or Horizon Client is installed.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 3.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	VMware Workstation and Horizon Client for Windows	VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.2) and Horizon Client for Windows (5.x and prior before 5.4.0)

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0005.htmlVendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0005.htmlVendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 17, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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