7.8

CVE-2016-5985: ibm corporation tivoli storage manager

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
Published 01-02-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-5985 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in ibm corporation tivoli storage manager. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.42%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 01-02-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 0.43% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.42%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ibm1 product
  • tivoli_storage_manager≤ 7.1.6.2 | 7.1.0.0 | ≤ 6.4.3.3 | 6.4.0.0 | ≤ 6.3.2.5 | 6.3.0.0 | ≤ 6.1 | ≤ 6.2 | ≤ 5.5
Ibm corporation1 product
  • tivoli storage manager5.3.5.3 | 5.4.1.2 | 4.2 | 4.2.1 | 5.1.8 | 5.2.5.1 | 5.2.7 | 5.2.8 | 5.2.9 | 5.3.0 | 5.3.1 | 5.3.2 | 5.3.3 | 5.4.4.0 | 5.4.2.4 | 5.4.2.3 | 5.4.2.2 | 5.3.6.9 | 5.3.6.2 | 5.3.6.1 | 5.3.4 | 5.2.5.3 | 5.2.5.2 | 5.2.4 | 5.3.5.1 | 5.3.2.4 | 6.0 | 5.1.0 | 5.1.1 | 5.1.10 | 5.1.5 | 5.1.6 | 5.1.7 | 5.1.9 | 5.2.0 | 5.2.1 | 4.2.2 | 4.2.3 | 4.2.4 | 5.2.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 Client | 5.4 Client | 5.5.7 | 5.2.3.4 Client | 5.5.1.0 | 5.5.1.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 7.1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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