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CVE-2012-2450 Details

Description

VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.3, VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.3, VMware Fusion 4.x before 4.1.2, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.0, and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 do not properly register SCSI devices, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (invalid write operation and VMX process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS by leveraging administrative privileges on the guest OS.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://osvdb.org/81695 CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/49032 CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75377 CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16852 CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369 CVE

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
vmware workstation
8.0
8.0.1
8.0.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
vmware player
4.0
4.0.1
4.0.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
vmware fusion
4.0
4.0.1
4.0.2
4.1
4.1.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
vmware esxi
3.5
3.5 1
4.0
4.0 1
4.0 2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:3.5:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
vmware esx
3.5
3.5 update1
3.5 update2
3.5 update3
4.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-2450
NVD Published Date:
May 4, 2012
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]