Out-of-bounds write in omr - CVE-2025-1471

Vulnerability identifier: #VU111137

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-1471

CWE-ID: CWE-787

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to some of the z/OS atoe print functions use a constant length buffer for string conversion. If the input format string and arguments are larger than the buffer size then buffer overflow occurs. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted file, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

omr
Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware
Storage Protect Backup-Archive Client
Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V
Installation Manager
Packaging Utility
watsonx Assistant Cartridge
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component
IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog in Cloud Pak for Data
Netcool/OMNIbus
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)

Install updates from vendor's website.

omr - update to 0.5.0
Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware - update to 8.1.27.0
IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog in Cloud Pak for Data - update to 5.2
Storage Protect Backup-Archive Client - update to 8.1.27
Netcool/OMNIbus - update to 8.1.0.34
Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V - update to 8.1.27.0
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.18
Installation Manager - update to 1.10.1.2
Packaging Utility - update to 1.10.1.2
watsonx Assistant Cartridge - update to 5.1.3
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component - update to 5.1.3

• https://github.com/eclipse-omr/omr/pull/7658
• https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/55

• Out-of-bounds write in Eclipse OMR
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Installation Manager and IBM Packaging Utility
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge and IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Protect Backup-Archive Client
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments (Data Protection for VMware and Data Protection for Hyper-V)
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Netcool/OMNIbus
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Application Performance Management
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog on-prem