CVE-2012-2449 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2012-2449

VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.3, VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.3,...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

workstation, player, fusion, esxi, esx
Vulnerable Versions:
8.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 3.5, 5.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 4th, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.