FKIE_CVE-2016-7079

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-12-29 09:59 - Updated: 2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The graphic acceleration functions in VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.0.9 on OS X allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7080.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92938Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036804
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92938Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036804
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vmware tools *
vmware tools 10.0.0
vmware tools 10.0.5
vmware tools 10.0.6
apple mac_os_x *
vmware tools 9.0.0
vmware tools 9.0.1
vmware tools 9.0.5
vmware tools 9.0.10
vmware tools 9.0.11
vmware tools 9.0.12
vmware tools 9.0.13
vmware tools 9.0.15
vmware tools 9.0.16
vmware tools 9.0.17
vmware tools 9.4.0
vmware tools 9.4.5
vmware tools 9.4.10
vmware tools 9.4.11
vmware tools 9.4.12
vmware tools 9.4.15
vmware tools 9.10.0
vmware tools 9.10.1
vmware tools 9.10.5
apple mac_os_x *
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