CVE-2016-8980
highpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.015 · 74 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 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.
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affected products (3)
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references (7)
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- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995013Patchcnnvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995013cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95141cnnvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995013enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95141enisa_euvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995013Vendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95141Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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