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CVE-2012-1516

The VMX process in VMware ESXi 3.5 through 4.1 and ESX 3.5 through 4.1 does not properly handle RPC commands, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS via vectors involving data pointers.

Published

2012-05-04T16:55:01.420

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.9 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-119
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System vmware esx 3.5 Yes
Operating System vmware esx 3.5 Yes
Operating System vmware esx 3.5 Yes
Operating System vmware esx 3.5 Yes
Operating System vmware esx 4.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esx 4.1 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 3.5 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 3.5 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 4.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 4.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 4.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 4.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 4.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 4.1 Yes
References