What is CVE-2023-20896?

CVE-2023-20896 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Vcenter_server, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2023-06-22.

How severe is CVE-2023-20896?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Vmware Vcenter_server

CVE-2023-20896

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 p…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (56.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Vmware Vcenter_server — versions 7.0, 8.0
Vmware Cloud Foundation (Vcenter Server) — versions 5.x, 4.x
Vmware Vcenter Server (Vcenter Server) — versions 8.0, 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

security@vmware.com (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
security@vmware.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-20896?: CVE-2023-20896 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Vcenter_server, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2023-06-22.
How severe is CVE-2023-20896?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.