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CVE-2012-3288

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-06-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

VMware Workstation 7.x before 7.1.6 and 8.x before 8.0.4, VMware Player 3.x before 3.1.6 and 4.x before 4.0.4, VMware Fusion 4.x before 4.1.3, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.0, and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) on the host OS via a crafted Checkpoint file.

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: 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3 (+6)
• VMware Workstation: 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.1, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3 (+7)

References

• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0011.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17178
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0011.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17178

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