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CVE-2015-8519

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8519 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack versions 5.5.x and 6.x prior to 6.1.12.2. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on the server by sending a specially crafted command. With a CVSS v3 score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a severe risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). Despite its high severity, there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_fastback:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_fastback:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_fastback:6.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_fastback:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_fastback:6.1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0288 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/84161