CVE-2016-9698

high

Description

IBM Rhapsody DM 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0 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 #: 1999960.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119522

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96829

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22002258

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21999960

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-06-08

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00556