Buffer overflow in the data management protocol in Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers 11.0 (aka 11d) builds 6235 and 7170, 12.0…

Description

Buffer overflow in the data management protocol in Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers 11.0 (aka 11d) builds 6235 and 7170, 12.0 build 1364, and 12.5 build 2213 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. NOTE: this can be exploited by unauthenticated remote attackers by leveraging CVE-2008-5407.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.5% · top 8.5% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 1021246 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/314528.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2008-3209 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 32810 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.11.19.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• backupexec-dataprotocol-bo(46731) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 32346 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2008-5408](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2008-5408.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2008-5408)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 10:49 UTC.