ghsa-35cq-g3fr-gm2p
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:54
Modified
2022-05-13 01:54
Severity ?
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2012-1516"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-119"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2012-05-04T16:55:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-35cq-g3fr-gm2p",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:54:03Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:54:03Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1516"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75373"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16810"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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