Out-of-bounds Read in VMware Cloud Foundation

CVE-2021-21995

OpenSLP as used in ESXi has a denial-of-service vulnerability due a heap out-of-bounds read issue. A malicious actor with network access to port 427 on ESXi may be able to trigger a heap out-of-bounds read in OpenSLP service resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-21995: held from 0.010 to 0.010.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • VMware Cloud Foundation
  • VMware Esxi — versions 6.5, 6.7, 7.0
  • VMware Esxi And Cloud Foundation — versions VMware ESXi(7.0 before ESXi70U2-17630552, 6.7 before ESXi670-202103101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202107401-SG) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x, 3.x before 3.10.2)

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-21995?
CVE-2021-21995 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2021-21995?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.