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CVE-2016-6115

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

IBM General Parallel File System is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. A remote authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges or cause the server to crash.

Affected products

IBM General Parallel File System: 4.1.0.0, 4.1.0.1, 4.1.0.2, 4.1.0.3, 4.1.0.4, 4.1.0.5 (+3)
IBM Spectrum Scale: 4.1.0.0, 4.1.1.0, 4.1.1.1, 4.1.1.2, 4.1.1.3, 4.1.1.4 (+12)

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