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CVE-2021-29672

HIGH
Published 2021-04-26T16:30:45.624450Z
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CVSS Score

V3.0
8.4
/10
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
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.157
Higher than 15.7% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

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

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

IBM

Spectrum Protect for Space Management

Affected Versions:

8.1.0.0 8.1.11.0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-mxfj-3796-w53x

Advisory Details

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

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29672
WEB https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199479
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-02
WEB https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6445497

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: September 8, 2022

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6445497
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199479
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-02
Published: 2021-04-26T16:30:45.624450Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-17T01:21:21.614Z
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