What is CVE-2020-4388?

CVE-2020-4388 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2020-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-4388?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics

CVE-2020-4388

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could be vulnerable to a denial of service attack by failing to catch exceptions in a servlet also exposing debug information could also be used in future attacks. IBM X-Force ID: 179270.

EPSS: 0.013 (66.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Cognos Analytics — versions 11.0, 11.1
Ibm Cognos_analytics — versions 11.0.13

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-755 — Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4388?: CVE-2020-4388 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2020-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-4388?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.