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CVE-2020-4207

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Published: Jan 28, 2020Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

IBM Watson IoT Message Gateway 2.0.0.x, 5.0.0.0, 5.0.0.1, and 5.0.0.2 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when handling a failed HTTP request with specific content in the headers. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 174972.

Affected (3)

Ibm
2 products
Iot Messagesight
Watson Iot Platform Message Gateway
Configuration A
3 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Ibm
Iot Messagesight
From 2.0.0.0 to 2.0.0.2
Iot Messagesight
Version 5.0.0.0
Watson Iot Platform Message Gateway
Version 5.0.0.1
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Linux
Linux Kernel
All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-120
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

References (4)

Source: psirt@us.ibm.com
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
Source: psirt@us.ibm.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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