What is CVE-2016-0260?

CVE-2016-0260 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere_mq, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-06-29.

How severe is CVE-2016-0260?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ibm Websphere_mq

CVE-2016-0260

Memory leak in queue-manager agents in IBM WebSphere MQ 8.x before 8.0.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory consumption) by triggering many errors.

EPSS: 0.007 (71.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Websphere_mq — versions 8.0, 8.0.0.1, 8.0.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0260?: CVE-2016-0260 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere_mq, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-06-29.
How severe is CVE-2016-0260?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.