CVE-2024-37086 Denial of service in ESXi
A local administrator on a VM with snapshots can trigger an out-of-bounds read, causing a denial-of-service on the ESXi host.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-37086?
CVE-2024-37086 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 25 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37086?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Vmware Cloud Foundation, Vmware Esxi.
How do I fix CVE-2024-37086?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37086 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-37086 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37086 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Cloud Foundation
- CVE-2024-38812 VMware vCenter Server Heap-Based Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2024-37079 Broadcom VMware vCenter Server Out-of-bounds Write
- CVE-2022-22954 VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager Server-Side Template Injection
- CVE-2021-22005 VMware vCenter Server File Upload
- CVE-2021-21985 VMware vCenter Server Improper Input Validation
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rf2p-c3v5-v8fm.