CVE-2016-7461

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CVSS 3.0

8.8 high

EPSS

<1%p44

Published

Dec 29, 2016 (Dec 29, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: vmware
Products: fusion, fusion pro, workstation player, workstation pro
Weakness: CWE-119
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.5%)

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CVE-2016-7461 code execution flaw affects VMware Workstation

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