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CVE-2024-54170: IBM EntireX denial of service

5.5 CVSS

Description

IBM EntireX 11.1 could allow a local user to cause a denial of service due to use of a regular expression with an inefficient complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-54170

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 5.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types

CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Affected Products

Vendor: IBM

Product: EntireX

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.01% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 1.02% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-28 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-54170
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7184194

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