CVE-2015-1886 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Remote Document Conversion Service (DCS) of IBM WebSphere Portal versions 6.1, 6.1.5, 7.0, 8.0, and 8.5. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption through specially crafted requests. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it presents a significant availability risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_portal:6.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_portal:6.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_portal:6.1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_portal:6.1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_portal:6.1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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