Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 16, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2012-1508

Description

The XPDM display driver in VMware ESXi 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0; VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1; and VMware View before 4.6.1 allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

VMware/Esx2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
VMware/View
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=4.6.0
VMware/Esxi3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0004.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0005.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0071.htmlnvd
osvdb.org/80115nvd
secunia.com/advisories/48378nvd
secunia.com/advisories/48379nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/52524nvd
www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17183nvd

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