CVE-2013-5970

CVE Database · CVE-2013-5970

CVE-2013-5970

· N/AModified

CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

1.55%

Published

Oct 21, 2013

Modified

Apr 28, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit

All weaponized →

No public PoC or exploit code indexed for this CVE.

Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.

Description

hostd-vmdb in VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.0 and ESX 4.0 through 4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hostd-vmdb service outage) by modifying management traffic.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Products (5)

vmware · esxvulnerable

vmware · esxivulnerable

References (10)

http://osvdb.org/98719

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63216

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029206

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0012.html

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88135