CVE-2019-4087

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-07-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Servers 7.1 and 8.1 and Storage Agents are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by servers and storage agents in response to specifically crafted communication exchanges. By sending an overly long request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with instance id privileges or cause the server or storage agent to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 157510.

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center: from 7.1.0.000 through 7.1.9.200; from 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.7.000

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10882472
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/157510
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10882472
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/157510

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