What is CVE-2019-4087?

CVE-2019-4087 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-07-02.

How severe is CVE-2019-4087?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Ibm Spectrum Protect

CVE-2019-4087

IBM Spectrum Protect Servers 7.1 and 8.1 and Storage Agents are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by servers and storage agents in response to specifically crafted communication exchanges. By s…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.070 (93.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Spectrum Protect — versions 7.1, 8.1
Ibm Spectrum_protect_operations_center

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-4087?: CVE-2019-4087 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-07-02.
How severe is CVE-2019-4087?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.