CVE-2021-20546

Summary

CVECVE-2021-20546
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-26 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-04-28 15:08:00 UTC
DescriptionIBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.11.0 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the application to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 198934

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ibm Spectrum Protect Client All All All All
Application Ibm Spectrum Protect For Space Management All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Bulletin: Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect Back-up Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management (CVE-2021-29672, CVE-2021-20546) CONFIRM www.ibm.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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