CVE-2008-0588
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the utape program in devices.scsi.tape.diag in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0598)
- Published
- February 5, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0598 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28609
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ06260(Patch)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ06488(Patch)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ06620(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27430
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0261
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4070
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39909
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5572
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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