CVE-2016-8980

CWE-611 — XML External Entity (XXE)4 documents4 sources
Severity
8.1HIGH
EPSS
0.4%
top 41.91%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
IBM Corporation Bigfix InventoryIBM Bigfix InventoryIBM License Metric Tool
Timeline
PublishedFeb 1
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages3 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2h6f-jv94-879x: IBM BigFix Inventory v9 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2016-8980: IBM BigFix Inventory v9 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data↗2017-02-01
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8980 php-php-gettext: Arbitrary code execution in select_string, ngettext and npgettext count parameter↗2016-08-16
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CVE-2016-8980 (HIGH CVSS 8.1) | IBM BigFix Inventory v9 is vulnerab | cvebase.io