CVE-2012-1517 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2012-05-04

Score: 9.0 Critical

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-1535	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0128.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/81692
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75374
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17231

History

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Subscriptions

Vmware Esx Esxi

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-05-04T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:01:02.411Z

Reserved: 2012-03-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-1517

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-05-04T16:55:01.450

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-1517

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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