Medium severity · published Jun 7, 2017
CVE-2016-0254
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1 and 10.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data
6.5
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1 and 10.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available CPU resources and cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 110563.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CB
Cognos Business Intelligence · IBM
10.1.1; 10.2; 10.2.1; 10.2.1.1; 10.2.2 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0254
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0254
Patch
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22004036
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98971
VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110563
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