Name: CVE-2012-1517: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2012-05-04T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2012-1517, CWE-119, CVSS 8.8, EPSS 0.0128

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Vmsa 2012 0009	—	Upgrade VMware ESX 4.1 to build number 502767Upgrade VMware ESXi 4.1 to build number 502767	Aug 17, 2012	May 4, 2012

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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