CVE-2016-9691

HighCVSS 8.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution 7.0.0 and 7.5.0.0 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 X-Force ID: 119515.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.6/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

Weakness enumeration

CWE-611

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: May 5, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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