CVE-2012-1510

HIGH 7.2CVE-2012-1510 · Published 16/03/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-1510 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting esx (vmware), view (vmware).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.43%, higher than 37.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
esx vmware	`= 4.0= 4.1`	No fix yet
view vmware	`≤ 4.6.0`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflow in the WDDM display driver in VMware ESXi 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0; VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1; and VMware View before 4.6.1 allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges via unspecified vectors.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0071.html
osvdb.org/80117
secunia.com/advisories/48378
secunia.com/advisories/48379
securityfocus.com/bid/52524
securitytracker.com/id
securitytracker.com/id
vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0004.html · Vendor Advisory
vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0005.html · Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74097
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17258

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