CVE-2011-0547

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-08-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Multiple integer overflows in vxsvc.exe in the Veritas Enterprise Administrator service in Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 and earlier, Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System (SFCFS) 5.1 and earlier, Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System Enterprise for Oracle RAC (SFCFSORAC) 5.1 and earlier, Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) 5.1, and NetBackup PureDisk 6.5.x through 6.6.1.x allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted Unicode string, related to the vxveautil.value_binary_unpack function; (2) a crafted ASCII string, related to the vxveautil.value_binary_unpack function; or (3) a crafted value, related to the vxveautil.kv_binary_unpack function, leading to a buffer overflow.

Affected products

Symantec Netbackup Puredisk: 6.5.0.1, 6.5.1, 6.5.1.1, 6.5.1.2, 6.6.1, 6.6.1.1 (+1)
Symantec Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing: 5.1
Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation: through 5.1; 5.0
Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System For Oracle Rac: through 5.1; 5.0

References

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