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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 4, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-1517

CVE-2012-1517

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.

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Affected products

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  • VMware/Esx2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: = 4.1
  • VMware/Esxi2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: = 4.1

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