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NVD Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2012-1517
Deferred
More InfoOfficial Page
Source-cve@mitre.org
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-04 May, 2012 | 16:55
Updated At-11 Apr, 2025 | 00:51

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.

CISA Catalog
Date AddedDue DateVulnerability NameRequired Action
N/A
Date Added: N/A
Due Date: N/A
Vulnerability Name: N/A
Required Action: N/A
Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Primary2.09.0HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Primary2.09.0HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Type: Primary
Version: 2.0
Base score: 9.0
Base severity: HIGH
Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Type: Primary
Version: 2.0
Base score: 9.0
Base severity: HIGH
Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CPE Matches
VMware (Broadcom Inc.)
vmware
>>esx>>4.1
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
VMware (Broadcom Inc.)
vmware
>>esxi>>4.1
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
CWE-119Primarynvd@nist.gov
CWE ID: CWE-119
Type: Primary
Source: nvd@nist.gov
Evaluator Description
Evaluator Impact

Evaluator Solution

Vendor Statements
References
HyperlinkSourceResource
http://osvdb.org/81692cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.htmlcve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75374cve@mitre.org
N/A
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17231cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://osvdb.org/81692af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75374af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17231af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
Hyperlink: http://osvdb.org/81692
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource:
Vendor Advisory
Hyperlink: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75374
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17231
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://osvdb.org/81692
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource:
Vendor Advisory
Hyperlink: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75374
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17231
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
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