CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-29672
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-04-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
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
Affected configurations
• ibm spectrum protect client (>= 8.1.0.0 <= 8.1.11.0)
• ibm spectrum protect for space management (>= 8.1.0.0 <= 8.1.11.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199479 VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-02 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6445497 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199479 VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-02 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6445497 Patch, Vendor Advisory