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CVE-2012-1516
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…
Critical9.9EPSS 3.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 57 days later
· 57 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16810 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1027018 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- vmware-esxserver-rpc-priv-esc(75373) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 53369 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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