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High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 29, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-7461

CVE-2016-7461

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.

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Affected products

30
  • VMware/Fusion15 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 14 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion_pro:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion_pro:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion_pro:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion_pro:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion_pro:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion_pro:8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion_pro:8.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <8.5.2
  • VMware/Workstation12 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 11 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • VMware/Workstation Prollm-create
    Range: <12.5.2
  • VMware/Workstation Playerllm-create
    Range: <12.5.2
  • VMware/Fusion Prollm-create
    Range: <8.5.2

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