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CVE-2008-4563
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…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 29.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 29.0% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 34077 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1021837 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21377388 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0669 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20090310 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 34245 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 52617 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- tivoli-tsm-adsmdll-bo(49188) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20090310 Assurent VR - IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express Backup Server Heap Corruption (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-4544 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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