CVE-2016-9698

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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 #: 1999960.

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	Rational Rhapsody Design Manager	4.0.2; 4.0; 4.0.1; 4.0.3; 4.0.4; 4.0.5; 4.0.6; 5.0; 5.0.1; 6.0; 6.0.1; 6.0.2; 6.0.3
IBM	Rational Rhapsody Design Manager	4.0.7; 5.0.2

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21999960Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22002258Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96829Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119522VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21999960Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22002258Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96829Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119522VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 8, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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