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CVE-2020-3992
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 ⚠ KEV — EXPLOITED
EPSS exploitation probability: 100%
⚠ Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — actively exploited.
Published 2021-11-03 · Last modified 2026-08-12T05:17:31.310

Summary

OpenSLP as used in VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.1-0.0.16850804, 6.7 before ESXi670-202010401-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202010401-SG) has a use-after-free issue. A malicious actor residing in the management network who has access to port 427 on an ESXi machine may be able to trigger a use-after-free in the OpenSLP service resulting in remote code execution.

Affected products

VMware — ESXi

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References

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