CVE-2012-3289 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash guest operating systems in VMware products by sending crafted traffic from a remote virtual device.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-3289?
CVE-2012-3289 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Esx, published on 14 Jun 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.4, VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.4, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.0, and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via crafted traffic from a remote virtual device.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3289?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Vmware Esx, Vmware Esxi, Vmware Player, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2012-3289?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-3289 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-3289 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3289 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esx
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f3vw-hmc2-2j8x.