CVE-2005-1018: Ca Brightstor Arcserve Backup

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 51.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the UniversalAgent for Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor ARCserve Backup allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via an agent request to TCP port 6050 with a large argument before the option field.

Affected products

• Ca Brightstor Arcserve Backup: version 11.1 only

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.