CVE-2013-4575: Symantec Backup Exec

High severity, CVSS 7.9. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the utility program in the Linux agent in Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R3 before 2010 R3 SP3 and 2012 before SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (agent crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Symantec Backup Exec: version 2010 only; version 2012 only

Published 2013-08-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.