VMware Workstation / Player / Fusion UDF Filesystem Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been identified in some VMware products, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when handling UDF filesystem images. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted ISO image file.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code, but requires tricking a user into installing a system using a malicious file.