CVE-2012-1517

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2012-05-04 16:55

Updated : 2024-02-04 18:16


NVD link : CVE-2012-1517

Mitre link : CVE-2012-1517

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-1517


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Products Affected

vmware

  • esx
  • esxi
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer