CVE-2012-1516

critical

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16810

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75373

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-05-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical