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CVE-2012-5703

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-11-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The vSphere API in VMware ESXi 4.1 and ESX 4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (host daemon crash) via an invalid value in a (1) RetrieveProp or (2) RetrievePropEx SOAP request.

Affected products

• VMware ESX: 4.1
• VMware ESXi: 4.1

References

• http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vmware-esx-input-validation-error
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56571
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027782
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0016.html
• http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vmware-esx-input-validation-error
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56571
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027782
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0016.html

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