CVE-2008-4563
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 29.0%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in adsmdll.dll 5.3.7.7296, as used by the daemon (dsmsvc.exe) in the backup server in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Express 5.3.7.3 and earlier and TSM 5.2, 5.3 before 5.3.6.0, and 5.4.0.0 through 5.4.4.0, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted 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
- 29.0% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4544)
- Published
- March 11, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4544 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager express
- ibm / tivoli storage manager express
- ibm / tivoli storage manager express
- ibm / tivoli storage manager express
- microsoft / windows
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-03/0192.html
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=775
- http://osvdb.org/52617
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34245(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021837
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21377388(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34077
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0669(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49188
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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