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.
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
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75376
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16863