CVE-2019-4087 is a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting IBM Spectrum Protect Servers 7.1 and 8.1, as well as their Storage Agents. This flaw, caused by improper bounds checking during communication exchanges, allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with instance ID privileges or trigger a denial of service by sending a specially crafted, overly long request. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.1.0.000, <= 7.1.9.200CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_operations_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.1.0.000, <= 8.1.7.000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_operations_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.