CVE-2024-37079
CRITICAL KEVVMware Cloud Foundation 4.0-5.1 - Remote Code Execution via DCERPC Heap Overflow
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2024-37079 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added January 23, 2026.
Description
vCenter Server contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted network packet potentially leading to remote code execution.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24453
US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-37079
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.7144
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CISA KEV
2026-01-23
VulnCheck KEV
2026-01-23
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2024-36412
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (3)
vmware/cloud_foundation
4.0 - 5.2
vmware/vcenter_server
8.0 (13 CPE variants)
vmware/vcenter_server
7.0 (30 CPE variants)
Published
Jun 18, 2024
KEV Added
Jan 23, 2026
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026