CVE-2012-2448: VMware Esx

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.0 and ESX 3.5 through 4.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory overwrite) via NFS traffic.

Affected products

• VMware Esx: version 3.5 only; version 4.0 only; version 4.1 only
• VMware ESXi: version 3.5 only; version 4.0 only; version 4.1 only; version 5.0 only

Published 2012-05-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.