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CVE-2012-1509

• 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-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the XPDM display driver in VMware View before 4.6.1 allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• VMware View: through 4.6.0

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0071.html
• http://osvdb.org/80116
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48379
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52524
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026814
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0004.html
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0005.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74096
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17151
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0071.html
• http://osvdb.org/80116
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48379

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