CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-8895
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-05-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
In Veritas Backup Exec 2014 before build 14.1.1187.1126, 15 before build 14.2.1180.3160, and 16 before FP1, there is a use-after-free vulnerability in multiple agents that can lead to a denial of service or remote code execution. An unauthenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to crash the agent or potentially take control of the agent process and then the system it is running on.
Affected configurations
• veritas backup exec (< 14.1.1786.1126)
• veritas backup exec (< 14.2.1180.3160)
• veritas backup exec (< 16.0.1142.1327)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98386 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038561 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42282/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-006.html#Issue1 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98386 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038561 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42282/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-006.html#Issue1 Patch, Vendor Advisory