Description
The drag-and-drop (aka DnD) function in VMware Workstation Pro 12.x before 12.5.2 and VMware Workstation Player 12.x before 12.5.2 and VMware Fusion and Fusion Pro 8.x before 8.5.2 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access on the host OS) via unspecified vectors.
Published: 2016-12-29
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8314 The drag-and-drop (aka DnD) function in VMware Workstation Pro 12.x before 12.5.2 and VMware Workstation Player 12.x before 12.5.2 and VMware Fusion and Fusion Pro 8.x before 8.5.2 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access on the host OS) via unspecified vectors.
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Microsoft Windows
Vmware Fusion Fusion Pro Workstation Player Workstation Pro
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:57:47.638Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7461

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-29T09:59:00.697

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-7461

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