CVE-2012-1516

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.

• CWE-119

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75373VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16810Tool Signature
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75373VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16810Tool Signature

Published

May 4, 2012

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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