Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-38812 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in VMWare Vcenter Server 7.0/8.0

047910
CVSS 9.8 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
vmware
CWE-787
critical

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Vmware
36

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)