CVE-2012-1516

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

3.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 87.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2012-05-04 16:00Z14 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 19:01Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2012-03-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

48cedbca1eef1dd8f160470aa0ddbe16aac99aec8fe25090b644856e8d7c3604

• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:16810https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16810vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1027018http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comvmware-esxserver-rpc-priv-esc(75373)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75373vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.securityfocus.com53369http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369vdb-entryx_refsource_BID