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CVE-2023-27285 — IBM Aspera Connect 4

IBM Aspera Connect 4.2.5 and IBM Aspera Cargo 4.2.5 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. An attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 248625.

CVSS
8.4 HIGH
EPSS
0.02% (top 94.20%)
CWE
CWE-119
Published
2023-06-04T23:52:11.073Z
Last modified
2025-01-08T19:48:22.455Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

IBM Aspera Connect 4.2.5 and IBM Aspera Cargo 4.2.5 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. An attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 248625.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
IBMAspera Connect4.2.5
IBMAspera Cargo4.2.5

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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