{"id":"CVE-2016-7083","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-7083","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:46:56.309Z","title":"VMware Workstation Pro 12.x before 12.5.0 and VMware Workstation Player 12.x before 12.5.0 on Windows, when Cortado ThinPrint virtual printing is enabled, allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service (host…","description":"VMware Workstation Pro 12.x before 12.5.0 and VMware Workstation Player 12.x before 12.5.0 on Windows, when Cortado ThinPrint virtual printing is enabled, allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) via TrueType fonts embedded in EMFSPOOL.","published":"2016-12-29T09:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:52:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["vmware/workstation player","vmware/workstation pro"],"epss":{"score":0.01496,"percentile":0.7406,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2016-09-19","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":40398,"kind":"exploit","title":"VMware Workstation - 'vprintproxy.exe' TrueType NAME Tables Heap Buffer Overflow (PoC)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40398","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/40398.txt","file":"exploits/windows/dos/40398.txt","published":"2016-09-19","added":"2016-09-19","updated":"2016-09-19","author":"Google Security Research","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2016-7083"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=849"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.5%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92934","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036805","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40398/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92934","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036805","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40398/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7083","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}