CVE-2012-1517 (GCVE-0-2012-1517)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-05-04 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:01
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
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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 |
Date Public
2012-05-03 00:00
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