What is CVE-2015-7422?

CVE-2015-7422 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM I Access, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-01-02.

How severe is CVE-2015-7422?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-7422 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in IBM I Access

CVE-2015-7422

Buffer overflow in IBM i Access 7.1 on Windows allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.008 (52.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm I_access — versions 7.1
Microsoft Windows
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7422?: CVE-2015-7422 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM I Access, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-01-02.
How severe is CVE-2015-7422?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-7422 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.