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CVE-2012-1516

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.9 EPSS 3.23%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2012-05-04 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.9. It affects VMware, VMWare, ESXi. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2012-1516
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.9
EPSS
3.23%
VMware VMWare ESXi

Original NVD 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.