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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
  • CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
  • CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
a650524e9b3b0f11e71c7b6eea95a175f08725bd72e745f7420cd6c4905e39e7

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMSpectrum Protect7.1.0.0, 7.1.10.0, 8.1.0.0, 8.1.9.200—

06 References