CVE-2023-34048

CRITICAL KEV NUCLEI

vCenter Server - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

vCenter Server contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger an out-of-bounds write potentially leading to remote code execution.

Nuclei Templates (1)

VMware vCenter Server - Out-of-Bounds Write

CRITICALVERIFIEDby ritikchaddha

Shodan: title:"VMware VCenter"

FOFA: title="VMware VCenter"

References (3)

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0023.html

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/understanding-cve-2023-34048-a-zero-day-out-of-bound-write-in-vcenter-server

[US Government Resource] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-34048

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.9321

EPSS Percentile 99.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CISA KEV 2024-01-22

VulnCheck KEV 2024-01-17

InTheWild.io 2024-01-22

ENISA EUVD EUVD-2023-38166

CWE

CWE-787

Status published

Products (3)

vmware/vcenter_server 7.0 (28 CPE variants)

vmware/vcenter_server 8.0 (8 CPE variants)

vmware/vcenter_server 4.0 - 5.5

Published Oct 25, 2023

KEV Added Jan 22, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026