CVE-2016-8980

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-611

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM Corporation	BigFix Inventory	9.2

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995013Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95141Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995013Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95141Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Feb 1, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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