What is CVE-2015-4049?

CVE-2015-4049 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unisys Mcp-Firmware, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2017-02-03.

How severe is CVE-2015-4049?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Unisys Mcp-Firmware

CVE-2015-4049

Unisys Libra 43xx, 63xx, and 83xx, and FS600 class systems with MCP-FIRMWARE 40.0 before 40.0IC4 Build 270 might allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (data corruption or system crash) via vectors related to using program operators during EPSILON (level 5) based codefiles at peak memory usage, which triggers CPM stack corruption.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (56.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Unisys Mcp-firmware — versions 40.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-4049?: CVE-2015-4049 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unisys Mcp-Firmware, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2017-02-03.
How severe is CVE-2015-4049?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.