CVE-2016-5985

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.8) in ibm tivoli storage manager. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) AIX client is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when Journal-Based Backup is enabled. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a system crash.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 36% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-119
Published: 2017-02-01
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ibm:tivoli_storage_manager

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993695
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94808
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993695
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94808

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