CVE-2012-4847 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) versions 8.4 and 8.4.1. An authenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted request containing a zero-valued byte, leading to high CPU consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low severity, and is not known to be actively exploited, nor is public exploit code available. There is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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