6.5

CVE-2022-36998: veritas flex_appliance Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
Published 28-07-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-36998 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in veritas flex_appliance. EPSS estimates a 0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.68%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 28-07-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.1.x through 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3.x through 8.3.0.2, 9.x through 9.0.0.1, and 9.1.x through 9.1.0.1 (and related NetBackup products). An attacker with authenticated access to a NetBackup Client could remotely trigger a stack-based buffer overflow on the NetBackup Primary server, resulting in a denial of service.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.68%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

51%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 0.64% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.68%

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

Veritas4 products
  • flex_appliance1.2 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.1
  • flex_scale1.3.1 | 2.1
  • netbackup8.1.1 | 8.1.2 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.3.0.1 | 8.3.0.2 | 9.0 | 9.0.0.1 | 9.1 | 9.1.0.1
  • netbackup_appliance3.1.1 | 3.1.2 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.2:maintenance_release1 | 3.2:maintenance_release2 | 3.2:maintenance_release3 | 3.3.0.1:maintenance_release1 | 3.3.0.1:maintenance_release2 | 3.3.0.2:maintenance_release1 | 3.3.0.2:maintenance_release2 | 4.0.0.1:maintenance_release1 | 4.0.0.1:maintenance_release2 | 4.0.0.1:maintenance_release3 | 4.1.0.1:maintenance_release1 | 4.1.0.1:maintenance_release2

1 vendor · 4 products

References

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