CVE-2012-1516 Memory corruption in n/a
Guest OS users can trigger memory corruption in the VMX process to crash the host or execute arbitrary code on the hypervisor.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-1516?
CVE-2012-1516 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Vmware Esx, published on 4 May 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1516?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Vmware Esx, Vmware Esxi.
How do I fix CVE-2012-1516?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1516 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2012-1516 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1516 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esx
Sources
Also known as GHSA-35cq-g3fr-gm2p.