CVE-2026-84875 (GCVE-0-2026-84875)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-08 21:27 – Updated: 2026-10-08 21:27
VLAI
Title
Multiple vulnerabilities affect the Sniffer component as part of IBM Guardium Data Protection
Summary
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.0, 12.1, and 12.2 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to a buffer overflow.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Assigner
ibm CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 88/100 over 1165 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291674 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Guardium Data Protection Affected: 12.0
Affected: 12.1
Affected: 12.2
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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