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CVE-2008-0638

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) service (aka vxsvc.exe) in Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0…

Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
6.0%
percentile 93%
Public exploits
0
none known

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) service (aka vxsvc.exe) in Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet with a crafted value of a certain size field, which is not checked for consistency with the actual buffer size.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

5.96% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.09.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

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

References

  • symantec.com /avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.20a.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id?1019459 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/29050 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/25778 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-08-007.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/488420/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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