CVE-2016-6059

moderate-risk
Published 2017-02-01

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 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.

Do I need to act?

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0.36% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.1/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (7)

Affected Vendors

Ibm
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 28/34 · Critical
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate