CVE-2008-0247
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 8.5%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Express Backup Server service (dsmsvc.exe) in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Express 5.3 before 5.3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet with a large length value.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 8.5% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0259)
- Published
- January 12, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0259 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / tivoli storage manager express
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28440(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21291536(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486270/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27235(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019182
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0106(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-001.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39604
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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