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CVE-2021-29672 (GCVE-0-2021-29672)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-26 16:30 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:21
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Summary
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
Severity
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/C:H/PR:N/AV:L/UI:N/I:H/S:U/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • Gain Privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management Affected: 8.1.0.0
Affected: 8.1.11.0
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Date Public
2021-04-23 00:00
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