CVE-2012-1516
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.9EPSS 3.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.9 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.2% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1534)
- Published
- May 4, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1534 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
- vmware / esxi
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75373(VDB Entry)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16810(Tool Signature)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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