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CVE-2016-8971

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8971 describes a vulnerability in IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0 where an authenticated user with queue manager permissions can trigger a segmentation fault, leading to a denial of service requiring a system reboot. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) has a low attack complexity and can be exploited remotely, resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:8.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:8.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:8.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:8.0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0090 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 21,939 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory