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CVE-2012-1517

HIGH · CVSS 9 EPSS 2.46%

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

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CVE
CVE-2012-1517
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
9
EPSS
2.46%
VMware VMWare ESXi

Original NVD 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.