CVE-2024-38812 (GCVE-0-2024-38812)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-17 17:13 – Updated: 2025-10-21 22:55
VLAI?
Title
Heap-overflow vulnerability
Summary
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.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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| n/a | VMware vCenter Server |
Affected:
8.0 , < 8.0 U3b
(custom)
Affected: 7.0 , < 7.0 U3s (custom) |
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