ghsa-65x9-x5m2-cp2g
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:07
Modified
2025-04-20 03:37
Severity ?
Details

In Veritas Backup Exec 2014 before build 14.1.1187.1126, 15 before build 14.2.1180.3160, and 16 before FP1, there is a use-after-free vulnerability in multiple agents that can lead to a denial of service or remote code execution. An unauthenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to crash the agent or potentially take control of the agent process and then the system it is running on.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-8895"
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    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-05-10T21:29:00Z",
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  },
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  "id": "GHSA-65x9-x5m2-cp2g",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:37:26Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:07:07Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-006.html#Issue1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98386"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038561"
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