CVE-2024-38812 Heap-overflow vulnerability

2024-09-1717:13:09

CWE-122

vmware

github.com

cve-2024-38812

vcenter server

heap-overflow

dcerpc protocol

remote code execution

network access

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

7.7

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

yes

Technical Impact

total

JSON

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.

ADP Affected

[
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:vmware_vcenter_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "vendor": "broadcom",
    "product": "vmware_vcenter_server",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "8.00",
        "lessThan": "8.0u3b",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "7.0",
        "lessThan": "7.0u3s",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:vmware_cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "vendor": "broadcom",
    "product": "vmware_cloud_foundation",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "4.0",
        "lessThan": "5.0",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "5.0",
        "lessThan": "6.0",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]