What is CVE-2019-4080?

CVE-2019-4080 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-04-02.

How severe is CVE-2019-4080?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Ibm Websphere Application Server

CVE-2019-4080

IBM WebSphere Application Server Admin Console 7.5, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to a potential denial of service, caused by improper parameter parsing. A remote attacker could exploit this to consume all available CPU resources. IBM X-Force ID: 157380.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.031 (86.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Websphere Application Server — versions 7.0, 8.0, 8.5
Ibm Websphere_application_server

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-4080?: CVE-2019-4080 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-04-02.
How severe is CVE-2019-4080?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.