What is CVE-2019-4267?

CVE-2019-4267 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-07-22.

How severe is CVE-2019-4267?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Ibm Spectrum Protect

CVE-2019-4267

The IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 Backup-Archive Client is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. This could allow execution of arbitrary code on the local system or the application to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 160200.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (35.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Spectrum Protect — versions 7.1, 8.1
Ibm Spectrum_protect

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-4267?: CVE-2019-4267 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-07-22.
How severe is CVE-2019-4267?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.