CVE-2012-2449
Severity
9.0CRITICAL
EPSS
2.0%
top 16.17%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 4
Latest updateMay 17
Description
VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.3, VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.3, VMware Fusion 4.x through 4.1.2, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.0, and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 do not properly configure the virtual floppy device, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write operation and VMX process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS by leveraging administrative privileges on the guest OS.
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.0 | Impact: 10.0