⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2024-11-20. Federal agencies required to patch by 2024-12-11. Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable..

CVE-2024-38812

CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer OverflowCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write8 documents6 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICAL
EPSS
77.9%
top 0.99%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2024-11-20
Due 2024-12-11
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
2
Vmware Cloud FoundationVmware Vcenter Server
Timeline
PublishedSep 17
KEV addedNov 20
KEV dueDec 11
CISA Required Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

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.

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 U3b+1
▶NVDvmware/vcenter_server7.0, 8.0+1
▶NVDvmware/cloud_foundation4.0 — 5.2
▶CVEListV5vmware_cloud_foundation4.x, 5.x+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
CVEList
Heap-overflow vulnerability↗2024-09-17
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GHSA
GHSA-72q3-gvh6-6m6w: The vCenter Server contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol↗2024-09-17
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VulnCheck
VMware vCenter Server Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability↗2024
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
CISA
VMware vCenter Server Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability↗2024-11-20
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

3
Bleepingcomputer
Critical RCE bug in VMware vCenter Server now exploited in attacks↗2024-11-18
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Bleepingcomputer
VMware fixes bad patch for critical vCenter Server RCE flaw↗2024-10-22
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Bleepingcomputer
Broadcom fixes critical RCE bug in VMware vCenter Server↗2024-09-17
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CVE-2024-38812 (CRITICAL CVSS 9.8) | The vCenter Server contains a heap- | cvebase.io