Vulnerability Details 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 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.024
EPSS Ranking 84.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 9.0
Products affected by CVE-2012-2449
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.2
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cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:3.5
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cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0
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cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1
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cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0