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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-0638 · published 21 February 2008

CVE-2008-0638: Symantec veritas storage foundation memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Symantec · Veritas Storage Foundation

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.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 6.0% · top 7.0% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
6.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/29050
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019459
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488420/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25778 Patch
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.20a.html Patch
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-007.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29050
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019459
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488420/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25778 Patch
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.20a.html Patch
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-007.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-0638), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.