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CVE-2008-0638

N/A
Published: February 21, 2008 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorStorage Foundation

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (6)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29050
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019459
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488420/100/0/threaded
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25778
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.20a.html
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-007.html

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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