CVE-2016-8971

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0 could allow an authenticated user with queue manager permissions to cause a segmentation fault which would result in the box having to be rebooted to resume normal operations. IBM Reference #: 1998663.

Affected products

IBM Corporation WebSphere MQ: 8.0, 8.0.0.1, 8.0.0.2, 8.0.0.3, 8.0.0.4, 8.0.0.5

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998663
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998663

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