Vulnerability · Published Jun 18, 2024 · Assigned by vmware

CVE-2024-37080

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity heap buffer overflow in VMware Cloud Foundation. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 12.5% (higher than 96% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)12.5%top 3.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a VMware vCenter Server 8.0 – before 8.0 U2d8.0 – before 8.0 U1e7.0 – before 7.0 U3r
n/a VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x4.x

Weakness: CWE-122 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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