CVE-2022-22938 (GCVE-0-2022-22938)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-28 19:09 – Updated: 2024-08-03 03:28
VLAI
Summary
VMware Workstation (16.x prior to 16.2.2) and Horizon Client for Windows (5.x prior to 5.5.3) contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Cortado ThinPrint component. The issue exists in TrueType font parser. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine or remote desktop may exploit this issue to trigger a denial-of-service condition in the Thinprint service running on the host machine where VMware Workstation or Horizon Client for Windows is installed.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
vmware CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 254 records in the last 180 days details
References
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