CVE-2012-1517

VMware ESX and ESXi 4.1 - Memory Corruption via RPC Command Handling

Title source: llm

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.

References (6)

Core 6

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://osvdb.org/81692

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

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

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

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

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17231

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

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

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75374

Scores

EPSS 0.0217

EPSS Percentile 84.5%

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (2)

vmware/esx 4.1

vmware/esxi 4.1

Published May 04, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026