CVE-2016-0254

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1 and 10.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available CPU resources and cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 110563.

Affected products

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence: 10.1.1, 10.2, 10.2.1, 10.2.1.1, 10.2.2

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22004036
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98971
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110563
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22004036
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98971
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110563

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