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CVE-2016-8974

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…

High8.1EPSS 1.2%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
ibm

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 #: 1997798.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2016-8974, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.0High8.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
1.2% · top 31% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.

Weakness

Affected products

  • IBM Corporation · Rational Rhapsody Design Manager

    • affected 4.0.2
    • affected 3.0
    • affected 3.0.0.1
    • affected 4.0
    • affected 4.0.1
    • affected 4.0.3
    • affected 4.0.4
    • affected 4.0.5
    • affected 4.0.6
    • affected 5.0
    • affected 3
    • affected 4.0.7
    • affected 5.0.2
    • affected 5.0.1
    • affected 6.0
    • affected 6.0.1
    • affected 6.0.2

References (1)

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Record last updated .