CVE-2008-0638 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) service (vxsvc.exe) within Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted packet that exploits an unchecked size field. While highly severe and easily exploitable over the network with medium attack complexity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0:*:aix:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0:*:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0:*:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.