VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-4415

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability8.05%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-04-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 server is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of an administrator or user associated with the Spectrum Protect server or cause the Spectrum Protect server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 179990.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references