UpHeron
All vulnerabilities

Servers and applications

CVE-2012-3289

VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.4, VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.4, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.0, and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via crafted traffic from a remote virtual device.

Severity
High 7.8
Published
14 Jun 2012
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
1.6% in the next 30 daysHigher than 76% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Weakness
Code injection (CWE-94)
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Take it down
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
VMware ESXiServers and applications · cpe:o:vmware:esxi
  • Version 5.0
  • Version 4.1-2
  • Version 4.1-1
  • Version 4.1
All 11 release lines
  • Version 3.5
  • Version 3.5-1
  • Version 4.0
  • Version 4.0-1
  • Version 4.0-2
  • Version 4.0-3
  • Version 4.0-4
  • Version 4.1
  • Version 4.1-1
  • Version 4.1-2
  • Version 5.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3289
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3289