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TI-2012-02167 Aliases CVE-2012-2449GHSA-5h58-q44m-q85g

VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.3, VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.3, VMware Fusion 4.x…

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02485 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 29

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0.1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0.2VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.2VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.2VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1VulnerableVMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0.2 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.2 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.2 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
Show 19 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.2VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.5VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:3.5:1:*:*:*:*:*:*3.5 1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0 1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0 2VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:3:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0 3VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:4:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0 4VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:1:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1 1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:2:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1 2VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.5VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*3.5 update1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*3.5 update2VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*3.5 update3VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1VulnerableVMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.2 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.5 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:3.5:1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.5 1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 2 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 3 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 4 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 2 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.5 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.5 update1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.5 update2 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.5 update3 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·VMware

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-2449
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5h58-q44m-q85g

References

Other 3

  • TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05157 GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2009-03557 Directory traversal vulnerability in VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.10 build 203137 and 2.x… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2007-00059 Integer underflow in the DHCP server in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2010-02816 The xfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not look up inode… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2007-00057 The DHCP server in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455 and 6.x before 6.0.1… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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Sources

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