Medium severity · published Jun 25, 2024
CVE-2024-37086
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…
6.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
ESXi · VMware
7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; +34 more · source: NVD
CF
Cloud Foundation · Vmware
4.0 before 5.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37086
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37086
Vendor Advisory
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24505
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