01 Record
CVE-2020-4415
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
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/PR:N/AC:L/AV:N/S:U/I:H/A:H/C:H/UI:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
02 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
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
- 8.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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
- 2020-04-23 13:10Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 00:20Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-12-30
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/PR:N/AC:L/AV:N/S:U/I:H/A:H/C:H/UI:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a650524e9b3b0f11e71c7b6eea95a175f08725bd72e745f7420cd6c4905e39e7
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6195706
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-spectrum-cve20204415-bo (179990)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179990