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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 21, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2008-0638

CVE-2008-0638

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) service (aka vxsvc.exe) in Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet with a crafted value of a certain size field, which is not checked for consistency with the actual buffer size.

Affected products

7
  • Symantec/Storage Foundation7 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0:32bit:windows_2003:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0:32bit:windows_2003:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0:64bit:windows_2003:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0:*:aix:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0:*:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0:*:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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