Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to buffer overflow based on the product configuration and valid authentication, which could…

published 2020-06-10 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25681

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.6%; EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits: 0; none known

Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to buffer overflow based on the product configuration and valid authentication, which could allow an attacker with intimate knowledge of the system to execute arbitrary code or perform a denial-of-service (DoS) through the http fallback service. IBM X-Force ID: 180900.

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Exploit prediction

2.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AC:H/I:H/UI:N/A:H/AV:N/C:H/S:U/PR:L/RL:O/E:U/RC:C
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.0	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

IBM Aspera Shares On Demand
IBM Aspera Application Platform On Demand
IBM Aspera Transfer Cluster Manager
IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server
IBM Aspera Proxy Server
IBM Aspera Faspex On Demand
IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server for Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I)
IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint
IBM Aspera Streaming
IBM Aspera Server On Demand

Classification

Weakness

CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6221324
vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/180900
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4434
NVD CVE-2020-4434

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