What is CVE-2007-0169?

CVE-2007-0169 is a vulnerability in Broadcom Brightstor Arcserve Backup, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2007-01-11.

Is CVE-2007-0169 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Broadcom Brightstor Arcserve Backup

CVE-2007-0169

Multiple buffer overflows in Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor ARCserve Backup 9.01 through 11.5, Enterprise Backup 10.5, and CA Server/Business Protection Suite r2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via RPC requests with crafted data for opnums (1) 0x2F and (2) 0x75 in the (a) Message Engine RPC service, or opnum (3) 0xCF in the Tape Engine service.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2007-01-11 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.707 (99.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-17.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.700 · newest: 0.707 · change: +0.006

Affected products

Broadcom Brightstor Arcserve Backup — versions 9.01
Broadcom Brightstor Enterprise Backup — versions 10.5
Broadcom Business Protection Suite — versions 2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456619/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/storage/infodocs/babimpsec-notice.asp (Patch)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31443 (vdb-entry)
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-004.html (Exploit)
securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/22006 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/22005 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456711 (mailing-list)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456618/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-0169?: CVE-2007-0169 is a vulnerability in Broadcom Brightstor Arcserve Backup, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2007-01-11.
Is CVE-2007-0169 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.