CVE-2015-8530

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
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: 2016-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Initialize function in an ActiveX control in IBM SPSS Statistics 19 and 20 before 20.0.0.2-IF0008, 21 before 21.0.0.2-IF0010, 22 before 22.0.0.2-IF0011, 23 before 23.0.0.3-IF0001, and 24 before 24.0.0.0-IF0003 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument.

Affected products

IBM SPSS Statistics: from 19.0.0.0 through 19.0.0.2; from 20.0.0.0 before 20.0.0.2; from 21.0.0.0 before 21.0.0.2; from 22.0.0.0 before 22.0.0.2; from 23.0.0.0 before 23.0.0.3; 24.0.0.0 — fixed in 20.0.0.2, 21.0.0.2, 22.0.0.2, 23.0.0.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM SPSS Statistics 20.0.0.2, 21.0.0.2, 22.0.0.2, 23.0.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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