What is CVE-2020-4869?

CVE-2020-4869 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Mq Appliance, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-01-11.

How severe is CVE-2020-4869?

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

Buffer overflow in Ibm Mq Appliance

CVE-2020-4869

IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 CD and 9.2 LTS is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a buffer overflow. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted SNMP query to cause the appliance to reload. IBM X-Force ID: 190831.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.018 (76.3th 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 Mq Appliance — versions 9.2.0.0, 9.2.1
Ibm Mq_appliance — versions 9.2.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

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-2020-4869?: CVE-2020-4869 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Mq Appliance, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-01-11.
How severe is CVE-2020-4869?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.