CVE-2019-4087
moderate-risk
Published 2019-07-02
IBM Spectrum Protect Servers 7.1 and 8.1 and Storage Agents are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by servers and storage agents in response to specifically crafted communication exchanges. By sending an overly long request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with instance id privileges or cause the server or storage agent to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 157510.
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14.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 86% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 9.8/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Spectrum Protect Operations Center
Affected Vendors
References (4)
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
32/34 · Critical
Exploitability
12/34 · Low
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal