What is CVE-2021-38959?

CVE-2021-38959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spss Statistics, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-11-17.

How severe is CVE-2021-38959?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Ibm Spss Statistics

CVE-2021-38959

IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows 24.0, 25.0, 26.0, 27.0, 27.0.1, and 28.0 could allow a local user to cause a denial of service by writing arbitrary files to admin protected directories on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 212046.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (12.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Spss Statistics — versions 24.0, 27.0.1, 25.0
Ibm Spss_statistics — versions 24.0.0.0, 25.0.0.0, 26.0.0.0
Microsoft Windows

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-2021-38959?: CVE-2021-38959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spss Statistics, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-11-17.
How severe is CVE-2021-38959?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.