CVE-2021-29672
IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1.0.0-8 through 1.11.0 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when processing the current locale settings.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1.0.0-8 through 1.11.0 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when processing the current locale settings. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges or cause the application to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 199479
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 28th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- ibm/spectrum protect client · ibm/spectrum protect for space management
- Source
- psirt@us.ibm.com
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199479VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-02Third Party Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6445497Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199479VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-02Third Party Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6445497Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.