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CVE-2012-1508

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-03-16 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The XPDM display driver in VMware ESXi 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0; VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1; and VMware View before 4.6.1 allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• VMware ESX: 4.0, 4.1
• VMware ESXi: 4.0, 4.1, 5.0
• VMware View: through 4.6.0

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0071.html
• http://osvdb.org/80115
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48378
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48379
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52524
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026814
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026818
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0004.html
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0005.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17183
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0071.html
• http://osvdb.org/80115

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