VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-8974

CVSS score8.1 HIGH
EPSS probability1.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-02-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Description

IBM Rhapsody DM 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 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. IBM Reference #: 1997798.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Primary references