CVE-2021-29672

2021-04-2616:30:45

ibm

www.cve.org

ibm spectrum protect client

buffer overflow

bounds checking

locale settings

arbitrary code execution

elevated privileges

application crash

ibm x-force id

CVSS3

8.4

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Spectrum Protect for Space Management",
    "vendor": "IBM",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "8.1.0.0"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "8.1.11.0"
      }
    ]
  }
]