Vulnerability CVE-2021-20546
Published: 2021-04-26

Description:
IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.11.0 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the application to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 198934

Type:

CWE-787

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
IBM -> Spectrum protect client 
IBM -> Spectrum protect for space management 

 References:
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198934
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6445497
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