CVE-2020-4415

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-04-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 server is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of an administrator or user associated with the Spectrum Protect server or cause the Spectrum Protect server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 179990.

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect: from 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.10.0; from 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.9.200

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179990
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6195706
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179990
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6195706

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