VMSA-2016-0014: VMware Tools NULL pointer dereference vulnerabilities (CVE-2016-7079)
5
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
10/20/2016
07/25/2018
10/20/2016
11/27/2024
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.
Solution(s)
- vmware-esxi55-upgrade-4179631
- vmware-esxi60-upgrade-4179598
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