CVE-2020-4207

moderate-risk
Published 2020-01-28

IBM Watson IoT Message Gateway 2.0.0.x, 5.0.0.0, 5.0.0.1, and 5.0.0.2 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when handling a failed HTTP request with specific content in the headers. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 174972.

Do I need to act?

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2.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate 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
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Iot Messagesight
Iot Messagesight
Watson Iot Platform - Message Gateway

Affected Vendors

Ibm

References (4)

VDB Entry https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174972
Vendor Advisory https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1283626
VDB Entry https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174972
Vendor Advisory https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1283626
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal
Exposure 9/34 · Low