CVE-2020-4207 Information

Description

IBM Watson IoT Message Gateway 2.0.0.x 5.0.0.0 5.0.0.1 and 5.0.0.2 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow caused by improper bounds checking when handling a failed HTTP request with specific content in the headers. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 174972.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174972 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1283626

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8