{"cve":"CVE-2012-2449","nvd":{"published":"2012-05-04T16:55:01.543","modified":"2026-06-16T23:41:34.777","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://osvdb.org/81694","http://secunia.com/advisories/49032","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369","http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027019","http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html"],"products":["vmware:esx","vmware:esxi","vmware:fusion","vmware:player","vmware:workstation"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-2449","score":0.02485,"percentile":0.84613,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}