CVE-2012-1516: vmware esx

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-1516 is a critical (CVSS 9.9) vulnerability in vmware esx. EPSS estimates a 3.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 04-05-2012
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• 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.