CVE-2016-8980

HIGH

IBM BigFix Inventory 9.2 - XML External Entity Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

IBM BigFix Inventory v9 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume all available memory resources.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95141
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995013

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 58.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-611
Status published
Products (3)
ibm/bigfix_inventory 9.2
ibm/license_metric_tool 9.2.0
IBM Corporation/BigFix Inventory 9.2
Published Feb 01, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026