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Medium severity · published Jul 28, 2020
CVE-2020-4465
IBM MQ, IBM MQ Appliance, and IBM MQ for HPE NonStop 8.0, 9.1 CD, and 9.1 LTS is vulnerable to a buffer overflow vulnerability due to an error within the channel processing code
6.5
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM MQ, IBM MQ Appliance, and IBM MQ for HPE NonStop 8.0, 9.1 CD, and 9.1 LTS is vulnerable to a buffer overflow vulnerability due to an error within the channel processing code. A remote attacker could overflow the buffer using an older client and cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 181562.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
MQ Appliance · Ibm
8.0 before 8.0.0.15; 9.1.0.0 before 9.1.0.6; 9.1.0.0 before 9.2.0.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
MA
MQ Appliance
Ibm
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4465
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-4465
VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181562
Patch
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6252783
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