CVE-2016-7461

Published: Dec 29, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

8.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.0 / Impact: 6.0

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (26)

Products: Vmware: Fusion, Fusion Pro, Workstation Player, Workstation Pro

4 products

Configuration A

26 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Vmware Fusion	Version 8.0.0
Vmware Fusion	Version 8.0.1
Vmware Fusion	Version 8.0.2
Vmware Fusion	Version 8.1.0
Vmware Fusion	Version 8.1.1
Vmware Fusion	Version 8.5.0
Vmware Fusion	Version 8.5.1
Vmware Fusion Pro	Version 8.0.0
Vmware Fusion Pro	Version 8.0.1
Vmware Fusion Pro	Version 8.0.2
Vmware Fusion Pro	Version 8.1.0
Vmware Fusion Pro	Version 8.1.1
Vmware Fusion Pro	Version 8.5.0
Vmware Fusion Pro	Version 8.5.1
Vmware Workstation Player	Version 12.0.0
Vmware Workstation Player	Version 12.0.1
Vmware Workstation Player	Version 12.1.0
Vmware Workstation Player	Version 12.1.1
Vmware Workstation Player	Version 12.5.0
Vmware Workstation Player	Version 12.5.1
Vmware Workstation Pro	Version 12.0.0
Vmware Workstation Pro	Version 12.0.1
Vmware Workstation Pro	Version 12.1.0
Vmware Workstation Pro	Version 12.1.1
Vmware Workstation Pro	Version 12.5.0
Vmware Workstation Pro	Version 12.5.1