Low severity3.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 17, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-3951
CVE-2020-3951
Description
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
5cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=15.0.0,<15.5.2
- (no CPE)range: <15.5.2
- VMware/Workstationdescription
- Range: <5.4.0
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References
1- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0005.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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