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CVE-2021-39050 (GCVE-0-2021-39050)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-13 18:35 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:10
VLAI
Summary
IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook 9.2.0, 9.2.1, and 9.2.2 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and gain lower level privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 214440.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/A:L/S:U/PR:N/C:L/I:L/AV:L/UI:R/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • Gain Privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook Affected: 9.2.0
Affected: 9.2.1
Affected: 9.2.2
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Date Public
2021-12-10 00:00
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