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.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T19:34:25.469Z
Reserved: 2012-05-01T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2012-2449

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2012-05-04T16:55:01.543
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2012-2449

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