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CVE-2012-2449

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…

High9.0EPSS 2.5%
Published
Updated
Reserved
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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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2012-2449, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0High9.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.

Weakness

Affected products

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Record last updated .