Denial of Service Vulnerability in VMware ESXi and ESX
CVE-2012-1516
9.9CRITICAL
What is CVE-2012-1516?
The VMX process in VMware ESXi and ESX versions 3.5 to 4.1 fails to properly manage RPC commands. This flaw allows guest operating system users to trigger a denial of service by causing memory overwrites and process crashes. Additionally, it may enable the execution of arbitrary code on the host operating system, posing significant security risks.