CVE-2012-3289

VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.4, VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.4, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.0, and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via crafted traffic from a remote virtual device.

Published: 2012-06-14 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-3289 is rated Moderate Risk (58/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.66%). EPSS rose +1.10% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-3289

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 0.56% 1.66% +1.10%
2 2025-10-31 0.45% 0.56% +0.11%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.45% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-3289

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-3289

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-3289

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware workstation 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx 3.5 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx 3.5 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx 3.5 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx 3.5 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 3.5 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 3.5 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:3.5:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:3:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:4:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-3289

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