fkie_cve-2012-1517
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2012-05-04 16:55
Modified
2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
The VMX process in VMware ESXi 4.1 and ESX 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 function pointers.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/81692
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75374
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17231
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/81692
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018
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/75374
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17231
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vmware esx 4.1
vmware esxi 4.1


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  "lastModified": "2025-04-11T00:51:21.963",
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