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VMSA-2016-0014: VMware Tools NULL pointer dereference vulnerabilities (CVE-2016-7080)

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VMSA-2016-0014: VMware Tools NULL pointer dereference vulnerabilities (CVE-2016-7080)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/20/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/20/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

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-2016-7079.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-esxi55-upgrade-4179631
  • vmware-esxi60-upgrade-4179598

References

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