CVE-2024-38812: VMware vCenter Server Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2024-11-20. EPSS: 54.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• VMware Cloud Foundation: from 4.0, before 5.2 (fixed in 5.2)
• VMware vCenter Server: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only

Published 2024-09-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.