Vulnerabilities / CVE-2024-37079
CVE-2024-37079
Published 2024-06-18 · published (not yet in NVD)
CVE-2024-37079
Exploited in the wild: CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-01-23, with a fix-by date of 2026-02-13. Patch it first.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1 · CNA
CVSS 3.1 · CNA
22%
chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS; higher than 97% of CVEs)
chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS; higher than 97% of CVEs)
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.
Scores
Affected products
- n/a VMware vCenter Server: 8.0 to < 8.0 U2d; 8.0 to < 8.0 U1e; 7.0 to < 7.0 U3r
- n/a VMware Cloud Foundation: 5.x; 4.x
1 references (advisories, patches, write-ups)
Sources: CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Missing ones did not answer or have no record yet.