CVE-2024-37079 is a critical heap-overflow vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server and Cloud Foundation, stemming from the DCERPC protocol implementation. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to achieve remote code execution by sending a specially crafted packet. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, this vulnerability poses a severe risk. Notably, it is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by CISA adding it to their KEV catalog, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.0, < 5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:8.0:a:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:8.0:b:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:8.0:c:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.