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01 Record

CVE-2021-39048

IBM Spectrum Protect Client 7.1 and 8.1 is vulnerable to a stack based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability and cause a denial of

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score6.2 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/UI:N/AV:L/C:N/I:N/S:U/PR:N/A:H/AC:L/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
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02 Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Client 7.1 and 8.1 is vulnerable to a stack based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability and cause a denial of

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
0.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 20.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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
2021-12-13 18:35Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 03:38Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-08-16
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.2)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/UI:N/AV:L/C:N/I:N/S:U/PR:N/A:H/AC:L/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
Weaknesses
Data version
5.1
Document digest
207179d7456b30b36c481fb923c24d695079692f1aa57c983ac0bdb4b4cf05ba

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMSpectrum Protect7.1, 8.1—

06 References