CVE-2012-2448

high
Published 2012-05-04 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

Description

VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.0 and ESX 3.5 through 4.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory overwrite) via NFS traffic.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.