CVE-2016-8971

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Published 2017-03-07 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

6.5

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

CVSS v2

6.8

VIR risk

6.5

Description

IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0 could allow an authenticated user with queue manager permissions to cause a segmentation fault which would result in the box having to be rebooted to resume normal operations. IBM Reference #: 1998663.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998663

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	websphere_mq	`8.0`
ibm	websphere_mq	`8.0.0.1`
ibm	websphere_mq	`8.0.0.2`
ibm	websphere_mq	`8.0.0.3`
ibm	websphere_mq	`8.0.0.4`
ibm	websphere_mq	`8.0.0.5`

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998663
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998663

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.