What is CVE-2010-3984?

CVE-2010-3984 is a vulnerability in Ca Arcserve Replication And High Availability, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2011-01-07.

Is CVE-2010-3984 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Ca Arcserve Replication And High Availability

CVE-2010-3984

Buffer overflow in mng_core_com.dll in CA XOsoft Replication r12.0 SP1 and r12.5 SP2 rollup, CA XOsoft High Availability r12.0 SP1 and r12.5 SP2 rollup, CA XOsoft Content Distribution r12.0 SP1 and r12.5 SP2 rollup, and CA ARCserve Replication and High Availability (RHA) r15.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted create_session_bab operation in a SOAP request to xosoapapi.asmx.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2011-01-07 · 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: 0.053 (92.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.053 · newest: 0.053 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ca Arcserve Replication And High Availability — versions r15.0
Ca Xosoft Content Distribution — versions r12.0, r12.5
Ca Xosoft High Availability — versions r12.0, r12.5
Ca Xosoft Replication — versions r12.0, r12.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

secunia.com/advisories/42561 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-263/
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515115/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/45317 (vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-3984?: CVE-2010-3984 is a vulnerability in Ca Arcserve Replication And High Availability, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2011-01-07.
Is CVE-2010-3984 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.