HIGH
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 Mar 16, 2012
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.44%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.44% 0.00437
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00437
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.44% (0.00437) | 35.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.44% (0.00437) | 34.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00072) | 19.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00077) | 34.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00069) | 30.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00069) | 28.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0071.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://osvdb.org/80116 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48379 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52524 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026814 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0004.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0005.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74096 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17151 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0071.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://osvdb.org/80116 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/48379 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52524 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026814 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0004.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0005.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74096 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17151 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 16, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Mar 8, 2012
Link CVE-2012-1509
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a