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CVE-2024-38812

CRITICAL9.8
CISA KEV

Published 2024-09-17 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source security@vmware.com

Summary

CVE-2024-38812 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 20, 2024, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by December 11, 2024. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. VMware has 26 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 9 of them linked to ransomware.

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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.

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

CWE-122CWE-787

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: VMware — vCenter Server

Name: VMware vCenter Server Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Date added: 2024-11-20 · Due: 2024-12-11

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

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