Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 4, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-2448
CVE-2012-2448
Description
VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.0 and ESX 3.5 through 4.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory overwrite) via NFS traffic.
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Affected products
19cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 3.5-4.1
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 11 more
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:3.5:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 3.5-5.0
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