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CVE-2016-8971

IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0 could allow an authenticated user with queue manager permissions to cause a segmentation fault which would result in…

Medium6.5EPSS 0.90%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
ibm

Description

IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0 could allow an authenticated user with queue manager permissions to cause a segmentation fault which would result in the box having to be rebooted to resume normal operations. IBM Reference #: 1998663.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By ibm

  2. · 4 months later

    Published

  3. · 7 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2016-8971, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.0Medium6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.90% · top 40% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.

Weakness

Affected products

  • IBM Corporation · WebSphere MQ

    • affected 5.1
    • affected 5.3
    • affected 6.0
    • affected 7.0
    • affected 5.30.0
    • affected 6.0.1.0
    • affected 6.0.1.1
    • affected 6.0.2.0
    • affected 6.0.2.1
    • affected 6.0.2.10
    • affected 6.0.2.2
    • affected 6.0.2.3
    • affected 6.0.2.4
    • affected 6.0.2.5
    • affected 6.0.2.6
    • affected 6.0.2.7
    • affected 6.0.2.8
    • affected 6.0.2.9
    • affected 7.0.0.1
    • affected 7.0.0.2
    • affected 7.0.1.0
    • affected 7.0.1.1
    • affected 7.0.1.2
    • affected 7.0.1.3
    • affected 7.0.1.4
    • affected 7.1
    • affected 7.5
    • affected 7.5.0.1
    • affected 7.1.0.1
    • affected 7.1.0.2
    • affected 7.0.1
    • affected 7.0.1.5
    • affected 7.0.1.6
    • affected 7.0.1.8
    • affected 7.0.1.7
    • affected 7.0.1.9
    • affected 7.0.1.10
    • affected 7.0.2
    • affected 7.0.3
    • affected 7.0.4
    • and 27 more

References (1)

Sources

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