CVE-2016-6115: ibm corporation spectrum scale

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-6115 is a high (CVSS 9.0) vulnerability in ibm corporation spectrum scale. EPSS estimates a 3.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

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

Description

IBM General Parallel File System is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. A remote authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges or cause the server to crash.

• 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.