CVE-2021-29672

HIGH

IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1.0.0-8.1.11.0 - Stack-Based Buffer Overflow via Locale Settings Processing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1.0.0-8 through 1.11.0 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when processing the current locale settings. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges or cause the application to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 199479

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6445497
VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199479
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-02

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 26.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (2)
ibm/spectrum_protect_client 8.1.0.0 - 8.1.11.0
ibm/spectrum_protect_for_space_management 8.1.0.0 - 8.1.11.0
Published Apr 26, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026