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CVE-2012-2449

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-05-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

• VMware ESX: 3.5, 3.5-update1, 3.5-update2, 3.5-update3, 4.0, 4.1
• VMware ESXi: 3.5, 3.5-1, 4.0, 4.0-1, 4.0-2, 4.0-3 (+5)
• VMware Fusion: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2
• VMware Player: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2
• VMware Workstation: 8.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2

References

• http://osvdb.org/81694
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49032
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027019
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75376
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16863
• http://osvdb.org/81694
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49032
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027019
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html

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