VYPR
High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 29, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-7079

CVE-2016-7079

Description

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.

Affected products

23
  • VMware/Tools23 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 22 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=10.0.8
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:10.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:10.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:tools:9.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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