CVE-2016-6042

7.3 highEPSS 2.6%

High (7.3) in ibm security appscan. EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM AppScan Enterprise Edition could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper handling of objects in memory. By persuading a victim to open specially-crafted content, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system in the same context as the victim.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.3 high

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

EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 85% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-119
Published: 2017-02-01
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ibm:security_appscan

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995118
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995118

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