VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-5408

CVSS score9 HIGH
EPSS probability4.48%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-12-10
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Buffer overflow in the data management protocol in Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers 11.0 (aka 11d) builds 6235 and 7170, 12.0 build 1364, and 12.5 build 2213 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. NOTE: this can be exploited by unauthenticated remote attackers by leveraging CVE-2008-5407.

Weakness classification

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

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