CVE-2020-3951
lowpriority · track · 15EPSS 0.003 · 20 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (5)
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- 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)enisa_euvdEU
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references (8)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/46200cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3951cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/VMware-Workstation-denial-of-service-via-Cortado-Thinprint-31818cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.0942.2/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.0942/cnnvd
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0005.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0005.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0005.htmlVendor Advisorynvd
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