CVE-2024-38812

criticalpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.546 · 99 %ileDEEUNLRUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV

Likely / severe?

54.6% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 9.8 · critical

Is it mine?

33 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

added 2024-11-20remediate by 2024-12-11

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

EPSS · scored 2026-10-24

VMware vCenter Server Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@vmware.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · NCSC-NL NL

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-787USprimaryCWE-122USCWE-122USCWE-122US

affected products (33)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

VMware Cloud Foundation <7.0 U3tall versionscert_bundDE
VMware Cloud Foundation <8.0 U2eall versionscert_bundDE
VMware Cloud Foundation <8.0 U3dall versionscert_bundDE
VMware vCenter Server <7.0 U3tall versionscert_bundDE
VMware vCenter Server <8.0 U2eall versionscert_bundDE
VMware vCenter Server <8.0 U3dall versionscert_bundDE
VMware Cloud Foundation< 7.0 U3tcert_bundDE
VMware Cloud Foundation< 8.0 U2ecert_bundDE
VMware Cloud Foundation< 8.0 U3dcert_bundDE
VMware vCenter Server< 7.0 U3tcert_bundDE
VMware vCenter Server< 8.0 U2ecert_bundDE
VMware vCenter Server< 8.0 U3dcert_bundDE
n/a VMware Cloud Foundation≤ 4.xenisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware Cloud Foundation≤ 5.xenisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware vCenter Server7.0 → 7.0 U3senisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware vCenter Server8.0 → 8.0 U3benisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Cloud Foundation4.0 → 7.0 U3sfstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Cloud Foundation5.0 → 8.0 U3bfstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware vCenter Server7.0 → 7.0 U3sfstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware vCenter Server8.0 → 8.0 U3bfstec_bduRU

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

NCSC-2024-0377Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in VMware vCenter ServerNL2024-09-18csaf · ncsc_nlNL
VMware heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in vCenter Server.
WID-SEC-W-2024-2175VMware vCenter Server: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Codeausführung und PrivilegienerweiterungDeutsch2024-09-17csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in VMware vCenter Server und VMware Cloud Foundation ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen und erweiterte Rechte zu erlangen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund ncsc_nl NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-09-17modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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