CVE-2008-0638
Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) service (aka vxsvc.exe) in Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet with a crafted value of a certain size field, which is not checked for consistency with the actual buffer size.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 21, 2008, 8:44 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:42 a.m.
Source :
cve@mitre.org
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
8.6
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CVE-2008-0638 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29050 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1019459 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488420/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25778 Added Reference http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.20a.html Added Reference http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-007.html -
CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org
Oct. 15, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/488420/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488420/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov
Feb. 22, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-0638 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-0638
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
20.17 }} -68.28%
score
0.95030
percentile