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CVE-2016-8980

N/A
Published: February 1, 2017 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:55 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorLicense Metric ToolBigFix InventoryAIX· also runs on 4 platforms

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

BigFix Inventory· IBM
95%
9.2
License Metric Tool· IBM
95%
9.2.0
hp-hp-ux (environment) · ibm-aix (environment) · linux-linux-kernel (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment) · oracle-solaris (environment)
AIX· IBMdevice
80%
All versions

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995013
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95141

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-611

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