CVE-2019-4720

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume all available memory. IBM X-Force ID: 172125.

IBM WebSphere Application Server versiones 7.0, 8.0, 8.5 y 9.0, es vulnerable a una denegación de servicio, causada mediante el envío de una petición especialmente diseñada. Un atacante remoto podría explotar esta vulnerabilidad para causar que el servidor consuma toda la memoria disponible. ID de IBM X-Force: 172125.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-01-03 CVE Reserved
2020-01-31 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/172125	2020-08-24
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1285372	2020-08-24

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				< 20.0.0.2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version " < 20.0.0.2"		liberty		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				>= 7.0.0.0 <= 7.0.0.45 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version " >= 7.0.0.0 <= 7.0.0.45"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				>= 8.0.0.0 <= 8.0.0.15 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version " >= 8.0.0.0 <= 8.0.0.15"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				>= 8.5.0.0 <= 8.5.5.17 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version " >= 8.5.0.0 <= 8.5.5.17"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				>= 9.0.0.0 <= 9.0.5.2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version " >= 9.0.0.0 <= 9.0.5.2"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				>= 9.0.0.0 <= 9.0.5.2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version " >= 9.0.0.0 <= 9.0.5.2"		hypervisor		Affected