Stack-based buffer overflow in TIBCO SmartSockets before 6.8.2, SmartSockets Product Family (aka RTworks) before 4.0.5, and Enterprise Message Service (EMS) 4.0.0 through 5.1.1, as used in SmartSockets Server and RTworks Server (aka RTserver), SmartSockets client libraries and add-on products, RTworks libraries and components, EMS Server (aka tibemsd), SmartMQ, iProcess Engine, ActiveMatrix products, and CA Enterprise Communicator, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "inbound data," as demonstrated by requests to the UDP interface of the RTserver component, and data injection into the TCP stream to tibemsd
Published Apr 30, 2009
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.43%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in TIBCO SmartSockets before 6.8.2, SmartSockets Product Family (aka RTworks) before 4.0.5, and Enterprise Message Service (EMS) 4.0.0 through 5.1.1, as used in SmartSockets Server and RTworks Server (aka RTserver), SmartSockets client libraries and add-on products, RTworks libraries and components, EMS Server (aka tibemsd), SmartMQ, iProcess Engine, ActiveMatrix products, and CA Enterprise Communicator, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "inbound data," as demonstrated by requests to the UDP interface of the RTserver component, and data injection into the TCP stream to tibemsd.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 5.1.1
- 4.0.0
- 4.1.0
- 4.2.0
- 4.3.0
- 4.4.1
- 4.4.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 6.8.0
- 6.8.1
- ≤ 6.8.1
- 6.8.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 6.43% (0.06430) | 93.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.43% (0.06430) | 92.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 15, 2025 | 31.14% (0.31140) | 96.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 29.75% (0.29747) | 96.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 28.01% (0.28010) | 94.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 29.75% (0.29747) | 96.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 16.43% (0.16434) | 96.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 29, 2023 | 16.43% (0.16434) | 95.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 3, 2023 | 17.88% (0.17884) | 95.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 19.76% (0.19762) | 95.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 95.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 94.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 88.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=785 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34911 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022129 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.harmonysecurity.com/blog/2009/04/tibco-smartsockets-stack-buffer.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34754 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.tibco.com/multimedia/security_advisory_ems_tcm8-7558.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.tibco.com/multimedia/security_advisory_rtworks_tcm8-7559.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.tibco.com/multimedia/security_advisory_smartsockets_tcm8-7560.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories/default.jsp x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories/smartsockets-sspfm-ems_advisory_20090428.jsp x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1198 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50214 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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