VMware ESXi contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability.

published 2024-06-25 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-36417

cvss: 6.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

n/a ESXi ESXi70U3sq-23794019, ESXi80U3-24022510

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-06-26)

Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Affected products

n/a ESXi
n/a VMware Cloud Foundation

Classification

Weakness

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

Technology feeds

VMware rss critical rss

References

support.broadcom.com /web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24505
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-37086
NVD CVE-2024-37086

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Summary