Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 22, 2023· Updated Feb 13, 2025
CVE-2023-20896
CVE-2023-20896
Description
The VMware vCenter Server contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger an out-of-bounds read by sending a specially crafted packet leading to denial-of-service of certain services (vmcad, vmdird, and vmafdd).
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Affected products
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 8.0
- VMware/VMware Cloud Foundation (vCenter Server)v5Range: 5.x
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