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CVE-2012-2449

HIGH · CVSS 9.0EPSS 2.5%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score
9.0 (v2.0)
Severity
HIGH
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-119
EPSS score
2.5% (85th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-2435)
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-2012-2435 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • vmware / esx
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  • vmware / esx
  • vmware / esxi
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  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / esxi
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  • vmware / esxi
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  • vmware / esxi
  • vmware / fusion
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  • vmware / fusion
  • vmware / fusion
  • vmware / fusion
  • vmware / player
  • vmware / player
  • vmware / player
  • vmware / workstation
  • vmware / workstation
  • vmware / workstation

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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