⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2026-01-23. Federal agencies required to patch by 2026-02-13. Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable..

CVE-2024-37079

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow6 documents6 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICAL
EPSS
82.0%
top 0.79%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2026-01-23
Due 2026-02-13
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Vmware Cloud FoundationVmware Vcenter Server
Timeline
PublishedJun 18
KEV addedJan 23
Latest updateJan 26
KEV dueFeb 13
CISA Required Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

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.

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 Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5vmware_vcenter_server8.0 — 8.0 U2d+2
▶NVDvmware/vcenter_server7.0, 8.0+1
▶NVDvmware/cloud_foundation4.0 — 5.2
▶CVEListV5vmware_cloud_foundation4.x, 5.x+1

Patches

Patch: support.broadcom.com ↗Patch: support.broadcom.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
CVEList
CVE-2024-37079: vCenter Server contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol↗2024-06-18
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GHSA
GHSA-qqfg-j9g4-4mfh: vCenter Server contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol↗2024-06-18
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VulnCheck
Broadcom VMware vCenter Server Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability↗2024
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
CISA
Broadcom VMware vCenter Server Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability↗2026-01-23
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Bleepingcomputer
CISA says critical VMware RCE flaw now actively exploited↗2026-01-26
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CVE-2024-37079 (CRITICAL CVSS 9.8) | vCenter Server contains a heap-over | cvebase.io