CVE-2020-4375
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 28, 2020 at 12:05 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMQ Appliance
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
IBM MQ, IBM MQ Appliance, IBM MQ for HPE NonStop 8.0, 9.1 CD, and 9.1 LTS could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service due to a memory leak caused by an error creating a dynamic queue. IBM X-Force ID: 179080.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 8.0.0.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.1.0.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.2.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
VDB Entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179080x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6252785CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-401
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