Vulnerability · NVD published 2021-02-24
CVE-2021-21974
OpenSLP as used in ESXi (7.0 before ESXi70U1c-17325551, 6.7 before ESXi670-202102401-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202102101-SG) has a heap-overflow vulnerability. A malicious actor residing within the same network segment as ESXi who has access to port 427 may be able to trigger the heap-overflow issue in OpenSLP service resulting in remote code execution.
Signals
- Exploited in the wild
- Not on KEVNot in CISA's catalogue as of the last daily pull. Absence is not proof of safety.
- EPSS · 30-day forecast
- 45%Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile of all CVEs. A forecast; KEV outranks it.
- CVSS · NVD · HIGH
- 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Internet exposure
- not stated by sourcesNo exposure census on this CVE's dispatches.
Exploits
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