CVE-2013-4575

Severity: high (CVSS 7.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-08-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the utility program in the Linux agent in Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R3 before 2010 R3 SP3 and 2012 before SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (agent crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Symantec Backup Exec: 2010, 2010-r3, 2012

References

http://osvdb.org/95938
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61485
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20130801_00
http://osvdb.org/95938
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61485
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20130801_00

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