CVE-2012-1516

CriticalCVSS 9.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.9/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

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

Timeline

Published: May 4, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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