What is CVE-2019-4338?

CVE-2019-4338 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-20.

How severe is CVE-2019-4338?

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

Resource exhaustion in IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence

CVE-2019-4338

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 4.0 (SonarG) does not properly restrict the size or amount of resources that are requested or influenced by an actor. This weakness can be used to consume more resources than intended. IBM X-Force ID: 161417.

Published 2019-08-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence — versions 4.0
IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence — versions 4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/161417 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-4338?: CVE-2019-4338 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-20.
How severe is CVE-2019-4338?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.