CVE-2009-3853

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 36.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-11-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the client acceptor daemon (CAD) scheduler in the client in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.3 before 5.3.6.7, 5.4 before 5.4.3, 5.5 before 5.5.2.2, and 6.1 before 6.1.0.2, and TSM Express 5.3.3.0 through 5.3.6.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted data in a TCP packet.

Affected products

IBM Corporation Tivoli Storage Manager: 5.2.5.3, 5.3, 5.3.0, 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.2.4 (+18)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32534
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-51/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023136
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC61036
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21405562
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507654/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3132
http://secunia.com/advisories/32534
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-51/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023136
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC61036
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21405562

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