CVE-2012-1517

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

8.8

MODERATE

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

1.28

Associated Vulnerability

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Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234