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CVE-2012-2449
- EPSS 2.41%
- Published 04.05.2012 16:55:01
- Last modified 11.04.2025 00:51:21
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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.
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
Type | Source | Score | Percentile |
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EPSS | FIRST.org | 2.41% | 0.836 |
Source | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector string |
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nvd@nist.gov | 9 | 8 | 10 |
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.