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CVE-2021-21974

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
0.45063
Risk score
50.97
CISA KEV
No
PoC
No
Published
2021-02-24
Modified
2026-06-02
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2021-9145, GHSA-4MWC-FV8C-WP9F
Products
VMware:VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x before 4.2 and 3.x, n/a:VMware ESXi 6.5 before ESXi650-202102101-SG, n/a:VMware ESXi 6.7 before ESXi670-202102401-SG, n/a:VMware ESXi 7.0 before ESXi70U1c-17325551
Sources
euvd EUVD-2021-9145

Description

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.

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