CVE-2024-37080: vCenter Server contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to...

9.8 CVSS

Description

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-37080

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.8

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

Problem Types

Heap-overflow vulnerability

Affected Products

Vendor: n/a, n/a

Product: VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 5.2% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 89.01% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-11 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: poc

SSVC Technical Impact: total

SSVC Automatable: true

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37080
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24453

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