CVE-2021-22010

high

Description

The vCenter Server contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in VPXD service. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to create a denial of service condition due to excessive memory consumption by VPXD service.

References

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2021-22005-critical-file-upload-vulnerability-in-vmware-vcenter-server

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-09-23

Updated: 2021-09-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01473