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.
Published 2017-06-07 17:29:00
Updated 2017-06-14 14:06:24
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Vulnerability category: XML external entity (XXE) injectionDenial of service

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-0254

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.19%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 55 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

CVSS scores for CVE-2016-0254

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source
6.8
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
8.0
6.9
NIST
6.5
MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.8
3.6
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2016-0254

  • The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2016-0254

Products affected by CVE-2016-0254

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