CVE-2012-1510: vmware esx

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-1510 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in vmware esx. EPSS estimates a 0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 16-03-2012
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the WDDM display driver in VMware ESXi 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0; VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1; and VMware View before 4.6.1 allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges via unspecified vectors.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.