FKIE_CVE-2012-1516

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-05-04 16:55 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
9.9 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75373VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16810Tool Signature
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75373VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16810Tool Signature
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vmware esx 3.5
vmware esx 3.5
vmware esx 3.5
vmware esx 3.5
vmware esx 4.0
vmware esx 4.1
vmware esxi 3.5
vmware esxi 3.5
vmware esxi 4.0
vmware esxi 4.0
vmware esxi 4.0
vmware esxi 4.0
vmware esxi 4.0
vmware esxi 4.1
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