CVE-2012-2449

Description

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.

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
2.408

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-1518,CVE-2012-2449,CVE-2012-3288 are affected in VMware Fusion for MAC 4.0Mac
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-1518,CVE-2012-2449,CVE-2012-3288 are affected in VMware Fusion for MAC 4.0.1Mac
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-1518,CVE-2012-2449,CVE-2012-3288 are affected in VMware Fusion for MAC 4.0.2Mac
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-1518,CVE-2012-2449,CVE-2012-3288 are affected in VMware Fusion for MAC 4.1Mac
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-1518,CVE-2012-2449,CVE-2012-3288 are affected in VMware Fusion for MAC 4.1.1Mac
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-2449,CVE-2012-3288 are affected in VMware Fusion for MAC 4.1.2Mac
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-1518,CVE-2012-2449,CVE-2012-3288 are affected in VMware Fusion for MAC 4.0Mac
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-1518,CVE-2012-2449,CVE-2012-3288 are affected in VMware Fusion for MAC 4.0.1Mac
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-1518,CVE-2012-2449,CVE-2012-3288 are affected in VMware Fusion for MAC 4.0.2Mac
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-1518,CVE-2012-2449,CVE-2012-3288 are affected in VMware Fusion for MAC 4.1Mac
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-1518,CVE-2012-2449,CVE-2012-3288 are affected in VMware Fusion for MAC 4.1.1Mac
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-1518,CVE-2012-2449,CVE-2012-3288,CVE-2013-1406 are affected in VMware Fusion for MAC 4.1Mac
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-1518,CVE-2012-2449,CVE-2012-3288,CVE-2013-1406 are affected in VMware Fusion for MAC 4.1.1Mac
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-2449,CVE-2012-3288,CVE-2013-1406 are affected in VMware Fusion for MAC 4.1.2Mac

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-605160VMware Fusion for MAC 13.0.2 (Deployment-Only)
PATCH-605160VMware Fusion for MAC 13.0.2 (Deployment-Only)
PATCH-605160VMware Fusion for MAC 13.0.2 (Deployment-Only)
PATCH-605160VMware Fusion for MAC 13.0.2 (Deployment-Only)
PATCH-605160VMware Fusion for MAC 13.0.2 (Deployment-Only)
PATCH-605160VMware Fusion for MAC 13.0.2 (Deployment-Only)
PATCH-605160VMware Fusion for MAC 13.0.2 (Deployment-Only)
PATCH-605160VMware Fusion for MAC 13.0.2 (Deployment-Only)
PATCH-605160VMware Fusion for MAC 13.0.2 (Deployment-Only)
PATCH-605160VMware Fusion for MAC 13.0.2 (Deployment-Only)
PATCH-605160VMware Fusion for MAC 13.0.2 (Deployment-Only)
PATCH-605160VMware Fusion for MAC 13.0.2 (Deployment-Only)
PATCH-605160VMware Fusion for MAC 13.0.2 (Deployment-Only)
PATCH-605160VMware Fusion for MAC 13.0.2 (Deployment-Only)

References

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