CVE-2012-5703

medium

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.coresecurity.com/content/vmware-esx-input-validation-error

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

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

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2012-11-20

Updated: 2013-03-12

Type: CWE-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM