CVE-2008-2242: Broadcom Brightstor Arcserve Backup

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 14.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple buffer overflows in xdr functions in the server in CA BrightStor ARCServe Backup 11.0, 11.1, and 11.5 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by a stack-based buffer overflow via a long parameter to the xdr_rwsstring function.

Affected products

• Broadcom Brightstor Arcserve Backup: version 11.1 only; version 11.5 only
• Ca Brightstor Arcserve Backup: version 11.0 only

Published 2008-05-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.