CVE-2023-20894 (GCVE-0-2023-20894)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-22 11:54 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:40
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Summary
The VMware vCenter Server contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger an out-of-bound write by sending a specially crafted packet leading to memory corruption.
Severity ?
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Product Version
VMware VMware vCenter Server (vCenter Server) Affected: 8.0 , < 8.0 U1b (8.0 u1b)
Affected: 7.0 , < 7.0 u3m (7.0 u3m)
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    VMware VMware Cloud Foundation (vCenter Server) Affected: 5.x , < 7.0 U3m, 8.0 U1b (7.0 U3m, 8.0 U1b)
Affected: 4.x , < 7.0 U3m, 8.0 U1b (7.0 U3m, 8.0 U1b)
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