Risk | Critical |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2023-44488 CVE-2023-5217 |
CWE-ID | CWE-122 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. |
Vulnerable software |
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager Server applications / Virtualization software |
Vendor | VMware, Inc |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one critical risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU81244
Risk: Critical
CVSSv4.0: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-44488,CVE-2023-5217
CWE-ID:
CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Exploit availability: Yes
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted HTML content in vp8 encoding in libvpx. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsVMware Tanzu Operations Manager: before 2.7.25, 2.8.16, 2.9.12, 2.10.3, 2.7.25, 2.7.25, 2.7.25
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://tanzu.vmware.com/security/usn-6403-3
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
Yes. This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.