CVE-2012-5703

CVE-2012-5703 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the vSphere API of VMware ESXi 4.1 and ESX 4.1. Remote attackers can crash the host daemon by sending invalid values in RetrieveProp or RetrievePropEx SOAP requests. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. While there is limited community discussion, it did receive some media coverage at the time of its disclosure.