CVE-2020-3951

low-risk
Published 2020-03-17

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.12% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 3.8/10 Low
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Vmware

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0005.html
Vendor Advisory https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0005.html
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low-risk
Severity 14/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low