CVE-2016-7083: VMware Workstation Player

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• VMware Workstation Player: version 12.0.0 only; version 12.0.1 only; version 12.1.0 only; version 12.1.1 only
• VMware Workstation Pro: version 12.0.0 only; version 12.0.1 only; version 12.1.0 only; version 12.1.1 only

Published 2016-12-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.