CVE-2008-4563 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2008-4563

Heap-based buffer overflow in adsmdll.dll 5.3.7.7296, as used by the...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

tivoli storage manager, tivoli storage manager express
Vulnerable Versions:
5.2, 5.3, 5.3.0, 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.2.4, 5.3.3, 5.3.4, 5.3.5.1, 5.4.0, 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.4.2.2, 5.4.2.3, 5.4.2.4, 5.4.4.0, 5.3.3.0, 5.3.6.4, 5.3.7.3

Timeline

Official Publish: March 11th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.