VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-2513
Buffer overflow in the kernel in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode via unknown attack vectors.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.49%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in the kernel in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode via unknown attack vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.49% probability · 41th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- ibm/aix
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/unix_advisory.asc
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30349
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020083
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ19911Patch
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ21481Patch
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ22368
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ22369
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ22370
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29329
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1626/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42577
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5684
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/unix_advisory.asc
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30349
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020083
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ19911Patch
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ21481Patch
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ22368
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ22369
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ22370
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29329
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1626/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42577
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5684
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.