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CVE-2012-1517

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.

  • Published: May 4, 2012
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2012-1517
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 9
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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