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CVE-2016-5985

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.42%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-02-01 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-5985
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.42%

Original NVD Description

The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) AIX client is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when Journal-Based Backup is enabled. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a system crash.