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CVE-2012-1510

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1510 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the WDDM display driver affecting VMware ESXi 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0, VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1, and VMware View before 4.6.1. This flaw allows a guest OS user to escalate privileges within the guest operating system. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it is considered high severity due to its local attack vector and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 4.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0071.html
osvdb.org / 80117
secunia.com / advisories/48378
secunia.com / advisories/48379
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74097
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17258
securityfocus.com / bid/52524
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0004.html
Vendor Advisory
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0005.html
Vendor Advisory