CVE-2008-0638
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) service (aka vxsvc.exe) in Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet with a crafted value of a certain size field, which is not checked for consistency with the actual buffer size.
Published:Feb 21, 2008
Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
EPS:Feb 21, 2008
EPSS Score:0.20169
CVSS Score:9.3
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Symantec
Product
Veritas Storage Foundation
Symantec
Veritas Storage Foundation
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
