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9.8
CVSS
Critical

CVE-2024-38812

PUBLISHED

Heap-overflow vulnerability

Exploited in the wild Remote Low complexity No user interaction
Vendor
VMware
Product
VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation
Published
Sep 17, 2024
EPSS
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Description

The vCenter Server contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted network packet potentially leading to remote code execution.

cisa nessus_scanner

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 9.8 Critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2024-11-20 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
total

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source Added
CISA Nov 20, 2024

Scanner integrations

Scanner Reference Detected
Nessus https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/207464 Jun 02, 2025

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Nessus