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CVE-2021-21974

8.8
HIGHCVSS v3.1 Base Score
55.70%
MEDIUM RiskEPSS (98th percentile)

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.

Published: 2/24/2021
Modified: 11/21/2024
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2 Score

5.8

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

55.70%MEDIUM Exploitation Risk
98th percentile

This vulnerability has a 55.70% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

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