What is CVE-2022-36998?

CVE-2022-36998 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Veritas Flex_appliance, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2022-07-28.

How severe is CVE-2022-36998?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Veritas Flex_appliance

CVE-2022-36998

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.1.x through 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3.x through 8.3.0.2, 9.x through 9.0.0.1, and 9.1.x through 9.1.0.1 (and related NetBackup products). An attacker with authenticated access to a NetBackup Client coul…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.006 (43.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Veritas Flex_appliance — versions 1.2, 1.3, 2.0
Veritas Flex_scale — versions 1.3.1, 2.1
Veritas Netbackup — versions 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.2
Veritas Netbackup_appliance — versions 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36998?: CVE-2022-36998 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Veritas Flex_appliance, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2022-07-28.
How severe is CVE-2022-36998?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.