VMware vCenter Server: 2 actively exploited vulnerabilities
VMware vCenter Server
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. CVE-2024-38813: VMware vCenter contains an improper check for dropped privileges vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an attacker with network access to the vCenter Server to escalate privileges to root by sending a specially crafted packet. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-11-20.
Why this severity: CVSS 9.8 (v3.1, CNA), actively exploited (CISA KEV)
- Started
- Sep 17, 2024
- Closed
- Nov 20, 2024
Affected
- See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)
Fixed in
- See vendor advisory linked in sources
Timeline4
Advisories4
Notes & caveats
Derived from the CISA KEV JSON feed (catalogVersion 2026.10.21); CVSS from the CVE record (cveawg.mitre.org). startedAt is the CVE publication date when it fell in 2024 before the KEV listing, else the KEV dateAdded; exploitation may have begun earlier. closedAt is the KEV listing date (a fix or mitigation was available then unless noted).
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