Paper/Archive/CVE-2020-4415

CVE-2020-4415

IBM Spectrum Protect — IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 server is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking.

EPSS 8%CVSS 9.8

critical.is priorityof 100

CVSS 9.8 (CNA, NVD agree)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4 Not in CISA KEV+300.0 EPSS percentile 94.8.948 × 2019.0 No public exploit+100.0 SSVC exploitation: unknown+100.0

Description · from the CVE record

IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 server is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of an administrator or user associated with the Spectrum Protect server or cause the Spectrum Protect server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 179990.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource

Spectrum Protect7.1.0.0–CNA

Spectrum Protect7.1.10.0–CNA

Spectrum Protect8.1.0.0–CNA

Spectrum Protect8.1.9.200–CNA

Scores by source

ibm (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.0/PR:N/AC:L/AV:N/S:U/I:H/A:H/C:H/UI:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

refibm.com/support/pages/node/6195706 refexchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179990