FKIE_CVE-2020-4207

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-01-28 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:19
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174972VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1283626Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174972VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1283626Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ibm iot_messagesight *
ibm iot_messagesight 5.0.0.0
ibm watson_iot_platform_-_message_gateway 5.0.0.1
linux linux_kernel -
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