VMware ESXi Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability Could Lead to Denial of Service
CVE-2024-37086

6.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
VMware
Status
Esxi
Vmware Cloud Foundation
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 June 2024

Badges

📰 News Worthy

Summary

VMware ESXi contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine with an existing snapshot may trigger an out-of-bounds read leading to a denial-of-service condition of the host.

Affected Version(s)

ESXi 8.0

ESXi 7.0

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x

News Articles

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VMware ESXi Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Bypass Authentication

These vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2024-37085, CVE-2024-37086, and CVE-2024-37087, pose significant risks to organizations using VMware ESXi for their virtualized environments.

7 months ago

References

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-noti...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 📰

    First article discovered by CybersecurityNews

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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