ghsa-vx8r-2h9j-5r4f
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 00:15
Modified
2022-05-17 00:15
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2012-1517"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-119"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2012-05-04T16:55:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-vx8r-2h9j-5r4f",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T00:15:53Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T00:15:53Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1517"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75374"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17231"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://osvdb.org/81692"
    },
    {
      "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": []
}


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