CVE-2020-4433
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by...
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. This could allow a remote attacker with intimate knowledge of the server to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of root or cause server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 180814.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. This could allow a remote attacker with intimate knowledge of the server to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of root or cause server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 180814.
- Record
CVE-2020-4433- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AC:H/I:H/UI:N/PR:L/S:U/C:H/AV:N/A:H/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-25680
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. This could allow a remote attacker with intimate knowledge of the server to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of root or cause server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 180814.
- Record
EUVD-2020-25680- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AC:H/I:H/UI:N/PR:L/S:U/C:H/AV:N/A:H/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rvhr-3g33-gx99 No score
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by...
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. This could allow a remote attacker with intimate knowledge of the server to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of root or cause server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 180814.
- Record
GHSA-rvhr-3g33-gx99- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. This could allow a remote attacker with intimate knowledge of the server to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of root or cause server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 180814.
- Record
CVE-2020-4433- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- ibm aspera application platform on demand
- ibm aspera faspex on demand
- ibm aspera high-speed transfer endpoint
- ibm aspera high-speed transfer server
- ibm aspera high-speed transfer server for cloud pak for integration (cp4i)
- ibm aspera proxy server
- ibm aspera server on demand
- ibm aspera shares on demand
- ibm aspera streaming
- ibm aspera transfer cluster manager
- ibm aspera high-speed transfer server for cloud pak for integration
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-4433 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Ibm Aspera Application Platform On Demand, published June 10, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.26%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.