CVE-2023-20892 — Out-of-bounds Write in Vmware Vcenter Server

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write4 documents4 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
CNA8.1
EPSS
3.5%
top 12.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Vmware Cloud FoundationVmware Vcenter ServerVmware Vcenter Server
Timeline
PublishedJun 22

Description

The vCenter Server contains a heap overflow vulnerability due to the usage of uninitialized memory in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may exploit heap-overflow vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5vmware/vmware_vcenter_server8.0 — 8.0 U1b+1
▶CVEListV5vmware/vmware_cloud_foundation5.x — 7.0 U3m, 8.0 U1b+1

Patches

Patch: www.vmware.com ↗Patch: www.vmware.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-vmcx-3r5m-96cr: The vCenter Server contains a heap overflow vulnerability due to the usage of uninitialized memory in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol↗2023-06-22
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CVEList
VMware vCenter Server heap-overflow vulnerability↗2023-06-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
VMware
VMware vCenter Server updates address multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-20892, CVE-2023-20893, CVE-2023-20894, CVE-2023-20895, CVE-2023-20896)↗2023-06-22
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