CVE-2016-0254

6.5 mediumEPSS 1.9%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 79% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-611
Published: 2017-06-07
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ibm:cognos_business_intelligence

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

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