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GHSA-VX8R-2H9J-5R4F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 00:15 – Updated: 2022-05-17 00:15

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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.

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CVE-2012-1517 (GCVE-0-2012-1517)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-05-04 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:01

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

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	http://osvdb.org/81692	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
	http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-20…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def…	vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

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GHSA-VX8R-2H9J-5R4F

CVE-2012-1517 (GCVE-0-2012-1517)

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