| VMware Workstation 14.1.7 Player | 28 Mar 2019 | Build 12989993 Check for additions and updates to these release notes. |
What's in the Release Notes
The release notes cover the following topics:About VMware Workstation Player
VMware Workstation Player is a streamlined desktop virtualization application that runs another operating system on the same computer without rebooting. VMware Workstation Player provides a simple user interface, unmatched operating system support, and portability across the VMware ecosystem.
For more information, see the broader VMware Workstation Player documentation.
What's New
This release of VMware Workstation Player is a free upgrade for all VMware Workstation 14 Player users. It contains bug fixes and security updates.
Important Fixes
VMware Workstation Player contains elevation of privilege vulnerabilities:
- VMware Workstation Player contains an out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability and a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the virtual USB UHCI (Universal Host Controller Interface). These issues may allow a guest to execute code on the host. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifiers CVE-2019-5518 (out-of-bounds read/write) and CVE-2019-5519 (TOCTOU) to these issues. See VMSA-2019-0005 for further information.
Prior Releases
Features and Known Issues from prior releases of VMware Workstation Player are described in the release notes for each release. To view the release notes for a prior release, click the appropriate link:
- VMware Workstation 14 Player Version 14.1.6
- VMware Workstation 14 Player Version 14.1.5
- VMware Workstation 14 Player Version 14.1.4
- VMware Workstation 14 Player Version 14.1.3
- VMware Workstation 14 Player Version 14.1.2
- VMware Workstation 14 Player Version 14.1.1
- VMware Workstation 14 Player Version 14.1
- VMware Workstation 14 Player
