What is CVE-2017-1495?

CVE-2017-1495 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Infosphere Information Server, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2017-08-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-1495?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in IBM Infosphere Information Server

CVE-2017-1495

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 9.1, 11.3, and 11.5 could allow a privileged user to cause a memory dump that could contain highly sensitive information including access credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 128693.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-08-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (68.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.5% 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 Infosphere Information Server — versions 11.3, 9.1, 11.5
IBM Infosphere Information Server — versions 9.1, 11.3, 11.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/128693 (VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1495?: CVE-2017-1495 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Infosphere Information Server, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2017-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-1495?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.