CVE-2008-0638

no score yetEPSS 6.0%

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.

EPSS: 6.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 93% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-119
Published: 2008-02-21
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

symantec:veritas_storage_foundation

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29050
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019459
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488420/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25778
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.20a.html

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