🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2024-38812

CRITICAL 9.8 ⚠️ CISA KEV

Heap-overflow vulnerability

CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-122
Vendor n/a
Product vmware vcenter server
Published Sep 17, 2024
Last Updated Oct 21, 2025
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

n/a / VMware vCenter Server
8.0 < 8.0 U3b 7.0 < 7.0 U3s
n/a / VMware Cloud Foundation
5.x 4.x

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
support.broadcom.com: https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24968 cisa.gov: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-38812