CVE-2013-1659 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2013-1659?

CVE-2013-1659 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, published on 22 Feb 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

VMware vCenter Server 4.0 before Update 4b, 5.0 before Update 2, and 5.1 before 5.1.0b; VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.1; and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 do not properly implement the Network File Copy (NFC) protocol, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by modifying the client-server data stream.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1659?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Vmware Esxi, Vmware Vcenter Server, Vmware Vcenter Server Appliance.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1659?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1659 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-2013-1659 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1659 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2024-22252 Use-after-free vulnerability Critical 9.3
• CVE-2020-3955 Cross-site scripting in ESXi Critical 9.3
• CVE-2010-4573 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 9.3

All Vmware Esxi vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-6232-r5r4-983j.