What is CVE-2016-6042?

CVE-2016-6042 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Security Appscan, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2017-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-6042?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Ibm Security Appscan

CVE-2016-6042

IBM AppScan Enterprise Edition could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper handling of objects in memory. By persuading a victim to open specially-crafted content, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system in the same context as the victim.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.026 (83.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Security_appscan — versions 9.0.0.0, 9.0.0.1, 9.0.1.0
Ibm Corporation Appscan Enterprise — versions 5.6, 9.0.1, 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6042?: CVE-2016-6042 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Security Appscan, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2017-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-6042?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.