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CVE-2016-7461

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…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
VmwareFusion
Versions 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.1.0, 8.1.1, 8.5.0
VmwareFusion Pro
Versions 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.1.0, 8.1.1, 8.5.0
VmwareWorkstation Player
Versions 12.0.0, 12.0.1, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.5.0, 12.5.1
VmwareWorkstation Pro
Versions 12.0.0, 12.0.1, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.5.0, 12.5.1

Weakness classification

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