CRITICALCVSS 9.8Actively exploited · CISA KEV since 2024-11-20Vulnerability

CVE-2024-38812

VMware vCenter Server contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. This vulnerability could allow an attacker with network access to the vCenter Server to execute remote code by sending a specially crafted packet.

Properties

Euvd product
VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation
Vulnerability name
VMware vCenter Server Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
First seen
2025-10-21T22:55:44+00:00
Cvss score
9.8
Epss score
0.54571
Last seen
2026-10-19T12:00:27+00:00
Due date
2024-12-11
Euvd assigner
vmware
Retrieved at
2026-10-21T01:24:47+00:00
Exploited euvd since
2024-11-20T00:00:00+00:00
Src batch id
epss_history-20261020T103617Z-728ddd
Source url
https://epss.empiricalsecurity.com/epss_scores-2026-10-19.csv.gz
Date added
2024-11-20
Euvd base score version
3.1
Score
9.8
Fetched at
2026-10-20T10:36:20+00:00
Euvd vendor
VMware
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Euvd base score
9.8

Related Entities (53 · showing 24)

AFFECTS_PRODUCT (49 · showing 20)

→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:8.0:c:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:8.0:update2d:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:8.0:update2c:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update2a:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update1a:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update1c:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:c:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update1d:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:d:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update3a:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:8.0:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update3q:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:8.0:update1b:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update3j:*:*:*:*:*:*

HAS_WEAKNESS (2)

→[Weakness]Heap-based Buffer Overflow
→[Weakness]Out-of-bounds Write

DESCRIBES (1)

←[KEVEntry]VMware vCenter Server Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

INVOLVES (1)

←[Signal]kev_added · 2024-11-20

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