What is CVE-2021-20349?

CVE-2021-20349 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Tivoli_workload_scheduler, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-08-09.

How severe is CVE-2021-20349?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Ibm Tivoli_workload_scheduler

CVE-2021-20349

IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler 9.4 and 9.5 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and gain lower level privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 194599.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (16.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Ibm Tivoli_workload_scheduler — versions 9.4, 9.5
Ibm Workload Scheduler — versions 9.4, 9.5

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-2021-20349?: CVE-2021-20349 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Tivoli_workload_scheduler, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-08-09.
How severe is CVE-2021-20349?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.