Description
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.
Published: 2017-05-10
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 67.1% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Veritas Backup Exec
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:48:22.653Z

Reserved: 2017-05-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8895

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-10T21:29:00.177

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-8895

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