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CVE-2016-8980

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

IBM BigFix Inventory v9 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.

Affected products

• IBM Corporation BigFix Inventory: 9.2
• IBM License Metric Tool: 9.2.0

References

• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995013
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95141
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995013
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95141

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