CVE-2017-8020: emc scaleio

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-8020 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in emc scaleio. EPSS estimates a 4.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 28-11-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in EMC ScaleIO 2.0.1.x. A buffer overflow vulnerability in the SDBG service may potentially allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on an affected server.

• 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.