CVE-2012-5703

high

Description

The vSphere API in VMware ESXi 4.1 and ESX 4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (host daemon crash) via an invalid value in a (1) RetrieveProp or (2) RetrievePropEx SOAP request.

References

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0016.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027782

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56571

http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vmware-esx-input-validation-error

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-11-20

Updated: 2013-03-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High