VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2012-2449
CVSS score9 HIGH
EPSS probability2.48%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-05-04
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer