CVE-2021-20349

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Published Aug 9, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler 9.4 and 9.5 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and gain lower level privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 194599.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

Workload Scheduler

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`9.4`	affected	—
`9.5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_workload_scheduler:9.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_workload_scheduler:9.5:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-7767	IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler 9.4 and 9.5 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and gain lower level privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 194599.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.254% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/194599
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6479347

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Tivoli Workload Scheduler

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 8:58 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published: Aug 9, 2021, 4:05 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 8:58 PM
Reserved: Dec 17, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:33 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 9, 2021, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:33 AM

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