CVE-2012-1516
published 2012-05-04CVE-2012-1516: 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…
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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.
Affected
10 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware | esx | — | — |
| vmware | esx | — | — |
| vmware | esx | — | — |
| vmware | esxi | — | — |
| vmware | esxi | — | — |
| vmware | esxi | — | — |
| vmware | esxi | — | — |
| vmware | vmware_fusion | — | — |
| vmware | vmware_tools | — | — |
| vmware | vmware_workstation | — | — |