CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-20892
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-06-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
The vCenter Server contains a heap overflow vulnerability due to the usage of uninitialized memory in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may exploit heap-overflow vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server.
Affected configurations
• vmware vcenter server (< 7.0)
• vmware vcenter server 7.0
• vmware vcenter server 8.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1801 www.talosintelligence.com
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0014.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1801 www.talosintelligence.com
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0014.html Patch, Vendor Advisory