CVE-2021-21974EPSS p98.6%

CVE-2021-21974CVE-2021-21974

vmware / cloud_foundation

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.

Scoring

CVSS 8.8 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS45.06% probability of exploitation · percentile 98.6% · 2026-06-18T12:00:27Z
Last modified2026-06-02

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