VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-29672

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-04-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1.0.0-8 through 1.11.0 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when processing the current locale settings. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges or cause the application to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 199479

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references