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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-1534 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:01:02.720Z

Reserved: 2012-03-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-1516

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-05-04T16:55:01.420

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-1516

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