CVE-2012-1509 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the XPDM display driver in VMware View before 4.6.1 allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2012-03-16

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-1527	Buffer overflow in the XPDM display driver in VMware View before 4.6.1 allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00437.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0071.html
http://osvdb.org/80116
http://secunia.com/advisories/48379
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52524
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026814
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0004.html
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0005.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74096
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17151

History

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Subscriptions

Vmware View

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-03-16T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:01:01.967Z

Reserved: 2012-03-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-1509

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-03-16T20:55:00.910

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:39:38.977

Link: CVE-2012-1509

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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