What is CVE-2016-2971?

CVE-2016-2971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Sametime, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-08-29.

How severe is CVE-2016-2971?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Sametime

CVE-2016-2971

IBM Sametime Media Services 8.5.2 and 9.0 can disclose sensitive information in stack trace error logs that could aid an attacker in future attacks. IBM X-Force ID: 113898.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-08-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Sametime — versions 8.5.2, 9.0.0.0, 9.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/100599 (vdb-entry)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113898 (VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039231 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2971?: CVE-2016-2971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Sametime, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2016-2971?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.