CVE-2011-2735: emc autostart

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-2735 is a high (CVSS 7.9) vulnerability in emc autostart. EPSS estimates a 2.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 23-08-2011
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in EMC AutoStart 5.3.x and 5.4.x before 5.4.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by sending a crafted message over TCP.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.