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CVE-2009-3854

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3854 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the traditional client scheduler of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) versions 5.3 prior to 5.3.6.7 and 5.4 prior to 5.4.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with maximum impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 10.0. While the vulnerability has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 90/100 and a relatively high EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.2.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:5.2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0581 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/32534
securitytracker.com / id
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/3132
PatchVendor Advisory