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Paper/Archive/CVE-2020-4207

CVE-2020-4207

IBM WIoTP MessageGateway — IBM Watson IoT Message Gateway 2.0.0.x, 5.0.0.0, 5.0.0.1, and 5.0.0.2 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds check…

EPSS 5%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
48
CVSS 9.8 (CNA, NVD agree)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 91.5.915 × 2018.3No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: unknown+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

IBM Watson IoT Message Gateway 2.0.0.x, 5.0.0.0, 5.0.0.1, and 5.0.0.2 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when handling a failed HTTP request with specific content in the headers. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 174972.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
WIoTP MessageGateway5.0.0.1–CNA
IoT MessageSight2.0–CNA
IoT MessageSight5.0.0.0–CNA

Scores by source

ibm (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.0/S:U/A:H/I:H/AC:L/C:H/AV:N/UI:N/PR:N/RL:O/E:U/RC:C
NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

refibm.com/support/pages/node/1283626refexchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174972