CVE-2009-1520

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-05-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the Web GUI in the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) client 5.1.0.0 through 5.1.8.2, 5.2.0.0 through 5.2.5.3, 5.3.0.0 through 5.3.6.4, 5.4.0.0 through 5.4.2.6, and 5.5.0.0 through 5.5.1.17 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client: 5.1, 5.1.8.0, 5.1.8.2, 5.2, 5.2.5.1, 5.2.5.2 (+10)
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express: 5.3, 5.3.3.0, 5.3.6.4

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32604
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21384389
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC59994
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1235
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50328
http://secunia.com/advisories/32604
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21384389
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC59994
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1235
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50328

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