CVE-2008-0638

N/A Unknown
Published: February 21, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29050
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019459
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488420/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25778
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.20a.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-007.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/29050
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019459
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488420/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25778
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.20a.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-007.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
6.0%
92th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

symantec

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