CVE-2007-0978 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in IBM AIX

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer6 documents3 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
CNA7.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 81.17%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
IBM AIX
Timeline
PublishedFeb 16
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Buffer overflow in swcons in IBM AIX 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via long input data.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDibm/aix5.2, 5.3+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-2vfv-v6m4-65x6: Buffer overflow in swcons in IBM AIX 5↗2022-05-01
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GHSA
GHSA-5jj7-qjvp-9qf2: Buffer overflow in the swcons command in bos↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2007-4791: Buffer overflow in the swcons command in bos↗2007-09-10
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CVEList
CVE-2007-0978: Buffer overflow in swcons in IBM AIX 5↗2007-02-16
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CVE-2007-0978 — IBM AIX vulnerability | cvebase