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CVE-2016-9724
IBM QRadar 7.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A…
High8.1EPSS 1.2%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- ibm
Description
IBM QRadar 7.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume all available memory resources. IBM Reference #: 1999537.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 31% 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: High 8.1.
Weakness
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- CWE-611 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-611 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 7.1 MR1
- affected 7.1
- affected 7.0
- affected 7.2
- affected 7.1 MR2
- affected 7
- affected 7.2.3
References (1)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21999537 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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