VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-0247
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Express Backup Server service (dsmsvc.exe) in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Express 5.3 before 5.3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet with a large length value.
HIGH 10.0EPSS 8.48%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Express Backup Server service (dsmsvc.exe) in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Express 5.3 before 5.3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet with a large length value.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 8.48% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- ibm/tivoli storage manager express
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28440Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21291536Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486270/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27235Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019182
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0106Vendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-001.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39604
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28440Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21291536Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486270/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27235Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019182
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0106Vendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-001.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39604
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.