{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7079 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2016-7079 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2016-7079 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Dec 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2016-7079 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-7079 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Dec 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7079 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7079/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7079/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-7079","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7079/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-7079","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-wxpj-3x4g-grwp"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VMware Tools","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can exploit a NULL pointer dereference in VMware Tools on OS X to escalate privileges or cause a denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"null_dereference"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"tools","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-476","name":"NULL Pointer Dereference"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Null dereference in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-7079","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"null_dereference","year":"2016"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Null dereference in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-7080"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Missing authorization in foreman","id":"CVE-2016-7078"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2016-12-29","related":[{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in VMware Tools","id":"CVE-2023-34057","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-10-27"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Null dereference in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-7080","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2016-12-29"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"XML external entity in VMware Tools for Windows","id":"CVE-2022-22977","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-05-24"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"Information disclosure in VMware Tools for Windows","id":"CVE-2019-5522","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-06-06"},{"cvss_score":7,"headline":"Race condition in VMware Tools for Windows (VMware Tools)","id":"CVE-2020-3941","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-01-15"},{"cvss_score":7,"headline":"Information disclosure in VMware Tools","id":"CVE-2018-6969","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-07-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-06","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Local attackers can exploit a NULL pointer dereference in VMware Tools on OS X to escalate privileges or cause a denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7079/"}