Description

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.

Known Exploited

🚨 Marked as known exploited on June 10th, 2025 (11 days ago).

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-38812

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

Affected Products

Vendor: n/a

Product: VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 58.01% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 98.04% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-20 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: active

SSVC Technical Impact: total

SSVC Automatable: true

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38812
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24968

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