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CVE-2008-0638

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) service (aka vxsvc.exe) in Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet with a crafted value of a certain size field, which is not checked for consistency with the actual buffer size.

Published

2008-02-21T20:44:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-119
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application symantec veritas_storage_foundation 5.0 Yes
Application symantec veritas_storage_foundation 5.0 Yes
Application symantec veritas_storage_foundation 5.0 Yes
Application symantec veritas_storage_foundation 5.0 Yes
Application symantec veritas_storage_foundation 5.0 Yes
Application symantec veritas_storage_foundation 5.0 Yes
Application symantec veritas_storage_foundation 5.0 Yes
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