6.8

CVE-2016-0254: ibm cognos_business_intelligence

Modified
Published 07-06-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-0254 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in ibm cognos_business_intelligence. EPSS estimates a 1.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.90%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 07-06-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.90%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.90% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ibm1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

3 links