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CVE-2023-20892

HIGH
Published 2023-06-22T11:47:19.390Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
8.1
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.027
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 2.7% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.852
Higher than 85.2% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

VMware

VMware vCenter Server (vCenter Server)

Affected Versions:

8.0 7.0
VMware

VMware Cloud Foundation (vCenter Server)

Affected Versions:

5.x 4.x

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed CRITICAL

GHSA-vmcx-3r5m-96cr

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20892
WEB https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1801
WEB https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0014.html

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: June 22, 2023, Modified: April 4, 2024

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0014.html
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1801
Published: 2023-06-22T11:47:19.390Z
Last Modified: 2025-02-13T16:39:51.341Z
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