CVE-2012-1509
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the XPDM display driver in VMware View before 4.6.1 allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges via unspecified vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (37th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1527)
- Published
- March 16, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1527 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / view
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0071.html
- http://osvdb.org/80116
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48379
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52524
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026814
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0004.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0005.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74096
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17151
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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