CVE-2016-9707

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: 2017-03-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

IBM Jazz Foundation 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. IBM Reference #: 2000784.

Affected products

IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5 (+9)
IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5 (+9)
IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5 (+9)
IBM Rational Quality Manager: 4.0, 4.0.0.1, 4.0.0.2, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3 (+11)
IBM Corporation Rational Rhapsody Design Manager: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5 (+9)
IBM Rational Software Architect Design Manager: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5 (+9)
IBM Rational Team Concert: 4.0, 4.0.0.1, 4.0.0.2, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3 (+11)

References

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