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CVE-2021-39048

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-12-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Client 7.1 and 8.1 is vulnerable to a stack based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability and cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 214438.

Affected products

• IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client: from 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.12.0; from 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.8.10
• IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management: from 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.12.0; from 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.8.10

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/214438
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-02
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6524706
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/214438
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-02
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6524706

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