High severity · published Jun 29, 2016
CVE-2016-0260
Memory leak in queue-manager agents in IBM WebSphere MQ 8.x before 8.0.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory consumption) by triggering many errors
7.5
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Memory leak in queue-manager agents in IBM WebSphere MQ 8.x before 8.0.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory consumption) by triggering many errors.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WM
Websphere MQ · Ibm
8.0; 8.0.0.1; 8.0.0.2; 8.0.0.3; 8.0.0.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0260
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0260
Vendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21984564
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