CVE-2012-1509

Buffer overflow in the XPDM display driver in VMware View before 4.6.1 allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2012-03-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-1509 is rated Moderate Risk (41.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.44%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1509

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.07% 0.44% +0.37%
2 2023-03-07 1.28% 0.07% -1.21%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.28% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1509

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1509

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-1509

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-1509 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (vmware-view-open-client), 17 status rows across 17 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 8, ignored 8, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1509

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1509

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware view <= 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1509

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