CVE-2015-2338 Denial of service in n/a
Guest OS users can cause a host OS denial of service in VMware Workstation, Player, and Horizon Client via improper memory allocation in TPview.dll.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-2338?
CVE-2015-2338 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Fusion, published on 13 Jun 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
TPview.dll in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.6 and 11.x before 11.1.1, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.6 and 7.x before 7.1.1, and VMware Horizon Client 3.2.x before 3.2.1, 3.3.x, and 5.x local-mode before 5.4.2 on Windows does not properly allocate memory, which allows guest OS users to cause a host OS denial of service via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2339.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2338?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Vmware Fusion, Vmware Horizon Client, Vmware Horizon View Client, Vmware Player, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2015-2338?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-2338 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-2338 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2338 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Fusion
Sources
Also known as GHSA-33mf-x5r5-qqmj.