01 Record
CVE-2016-5985
The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) AIX client is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when Journal-Based Backup is enabled. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) AIX client is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when Journal-Based Backup is enabled. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-02-01 20:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:15Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-06-29
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 013372c1e0d83f2b2b6ddc9c2d42f2ae476c2d15a1a49e1e435bfd9a1dfe3331
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBM CorporationTivoli Storage Manager5.3.5.3, 5.4.1.2, 4.2, 4.2.1, 5.1.8, 5.2.5.1, 5.2.7, 5.2.8, 5.2.9, 5.3.0, 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.3, 5.4.4.0, 5.4.2.4, 5.4.2.3, 5.4.2.2, 5.3.6.9, 5.3.6.2, 5.3.6.1, 5.3.4, 5.2.5.3, 5.2.5.2, 5.2.4, 5.3.5.1, 5.3.2.4, 6.0, 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.1.10, 5.1.5, 5.1.6, 5.1.7, 5.1.9, 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 5.2.2, 5.3, 5.2 Client, 5.4 Client, 5.5.7, 5.2.3.4 Client, 5.5.1.0, 5.5.1.6, 5.4, 5.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.1—
06 References
- www.ibm.comhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993695
- www.securityfocus.com94808http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94808