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

CVE-2012-2449

CVE-2012-2449

Description

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.

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Affected products

32
  • VMware/Fusion7 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <=4.1.2
  • VMware/Player4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <4.0.3
  • VMware/Workstation4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <8.0.3
  • VMware/Esx6 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • VMware/Esxi11 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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