VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-4956

CVSS score4.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.46%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-02-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1 and 8.1 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a RPC that allows certain cache values to be set and dumped to a file. By setting a grossly large cache value and dumping that cached value to a file multiple times, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the consumption of all memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 192156.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-400

Primary references