CVE-2016-0254

MEDIUM

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence <10.2 - DoS

Title source: llm

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.

References (3)

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22004036

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98971

[VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110563

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0049

EPSS Percentile 65.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-611

Status published

Products (10)

ibm/cognos_business_intelligence

IBM/Cognos Business Intelligence < 10.1.1

IBM/Cognos Business Intelligence < 10.2

IBM/Cognos Business Intelligence < 10.2.1

IBM/Cognos Business Intelligence < 10.2.1.1

IBM/Cognos Business Intelligence < 10.2.2

Published Jun 07, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026