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Unscored CVE-2012-1516 EUVD-2012-1534GHSA-35cq-g3fr-gm2p

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 t…

Published May 4, 2012 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

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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