CVE-2012-1516
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 4, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 8, 2012
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16810vdb-entrysignature
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html
- 1027018vdb-entry
- vmware-esxserver-rpc-priv-esc(75373)vdb-entry
- 53369vdb-entry
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